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USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 13, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture scrapped proposed rules on Monday that for the first time would have mandated specific space requirements for hens laying organic eggs and spelled out what it means for the birds to have access to the outdoors. USDA determined it did not have the authority to impose

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy turn higher on technical buying

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 12, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures notched modest gains on Monday, with prices turning higher on technical buying after earlier lows, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures recovered from a three-week low and CBOT wheat from a 1-1/2 week low. CBOT May soybeans settled up 1-3/4 cents at $10.41 per

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy drop in technical sell-off

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 9, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and soybean futures fell sharply on Friday in a technical sell-off following U.S. government data on Thursday that raised the outlook for end-of-season stockpiles of the crops, traders said. Wheat declined to a 1-1/2-week low and soy dropped 2.5 per cent, while corn futures were down about 0.7 per

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report sways soy, corn

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 8, 2018

CNS Canada — Thursday’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture caused a stir in corn and soybean markets on the Chicago Board of Trade. “The Brazil and Argentine numbers (were) really not too terribly exciting. And the world numbers (were) basically kind of going exactly the opposite

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn at seven-month high on smaller stockpiles

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 8, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped 1.6 per cent to a seven-month high on Thursday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture showed smaller-than-expected stockpiles in the wake of increased exports and demand for ethanol, traders said. Corn prices on a continuous chart notched their biggest daily gains since December, dragging wheat futures higher.

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tick lower ahead of USDA report

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 7, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures were lower on Wednesday as investors squared up their positions ahead of a monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture report due on Thursday, traders said. Prices for each crop have cooled from last week’s multimonth highs amid dry growing conditions for U.S. wheat and Argentine corn

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices gaining momentum

By GFM Network News, Jerry Klassen March 6, 2018

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were steady to $4 higher while calves and grass cattle markets were relatively unchanged. Once again, there was a wide range of prices across the Prairies as feedlots adjust to higher feed grain prices. Secondly, buyers were quick to discount fleshier cattle; backgrounded calves fed too much

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans firm

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 5, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy futures edged higher on Monday, with some wheat contracts rising more than one per cent as weather forecasts showed little rain relief for dry wheat crops in the Plains or drought-affected grain belts in major exporter Argentina. Global benchmark Chicago Board of Trade May wheat was up

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures rally

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose for the sixth day in a row on Thursday, with new forecasts calling for extended dryness in the U.S. Plains pushing prices to fresh 7-1/2-month highs, traders said. Soybean futures rallied to a 13-month high on signs of strong export data. Parched soils in Argentina that threatened

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Spot cattle rise, deferreds weak

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 1, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mixed on Thursday, with the front-month contract edging higher after hitting a 2-1/2-week low on Wednesday. Deferred cattle contracts were weaker, remaining under pressure from weak cash markets. Strong export data provided support to the nearby contracts. The U.S. Agriculture Department reported weekly beef

Daily Network News

Klassen: Negative margins weigh on Western feeder cattle market

Russian grain ship believed sunk in Ukrainian drone attack found, towed to shore, TASS says

Striking JBS workers to return to Colorado plant on promise of talks

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USDA pulls plan to stiffen rules for organic egg farms

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy turn higher on technical buying

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy drop in technical sell-off

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report sways soy, corn

U.S. grains: Corn at seven-month high on smaller stockpiles

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy tick lower ahead of USDA report

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices gaining momentum

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans firm

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures rally

U.S. livestock: Spot cattle rise, deferreds weak

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