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Taste-testing during a Canadian Beef Advantage Seminar in Shanghai in 2013. (Canada Beef via YouTube)

U.S., China accelerate beef talks

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek May 22, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Talks on restarting U.S. beef exports to China are moving fast and final details should be in place by early June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, allowing U.S. farmers to vie for business that has been lost by rival Brazil. As part of a trade deal, U.S. ranchers

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying, lower animal weights

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer May 18, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. cattle futures climbed on Thursday, rising on technical buying and lower animal weights that suggested feedlots were aggressively marketing cattle to meet strong beef packer demand, traders and analysts said. Both Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were technically oversold after steep losses during the past two weeks.

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather concerns keep room to the upside

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin May 17, 2017

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade remain rangebound overall, though there may be room to the upside despite the generally bearish underlying fundamentals, according to an analyst. While large South American crops should weigh on both commodities, U.S. production is still very much in the air as excessive

Opinion

Opinion: Pass the biscuits and the buck

Politicians would rather score hollow partisan points these days  than make hard decisions and do their jobs

By Alan Guebert May 17, 2017

Leave it to the language experts at England’s Oxford Dictionaries to come up with a two-word “Word of the Year” for 2016. That (those) word(s) is (are) “post-truth.” Post-truth, explain the Oxford experts, is “defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT soy rallies on export demand

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub May 16, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.1 per cent on Tuesday, supported by strong export demand for U.S. supplies despite a massive crop from South American producers Brazil and Argentina. Technical buying also helped fuel a rally in the soybean market, which closed near session highs. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat down on global supplies, seasonal pressure

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen May 15, 2017

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent on Monday on chart-based selling, abundant global supplies and seasonal pressure from the approach of harvest, analysts said. Corn futures followed wheat lower. Soybeans were firmer, but pared gains on a smaller-than-expected monthly U.S. soybean crush figure. Chicago Board of Trade July

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans poised for move upward

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News May 10, 2017

CNS Canada — Wet weather across much of the Midwest could be throwing a monkey wrench into the plans of U.S. corn farmers, according to a market-watcher. Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Barrington, Illinois, says much of the U.S. corn crop still has to go into the ground while some crops need

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn up on USDA world stocks view

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen May 10, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose about two per cent on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for global inventories at the end of the 2017-18 marketing year fell below trade expectations. Soybean futures hit a six-week high after the USDA’s reports were released, buoyed by the government’s forecast for a

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy up ahead of USDA data

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen May 9, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed nearly one per cent on Tuesday, halting a three-session slide, as traders adjusted positions a day ahead of a U.S. government crop report and as excessively wet weather in the Midwest raised concerns, analysts said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while wheat fell, pressured by a stronger

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle soar limit up

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters May 3, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts on Wednesday posted new highs, and nearby months hit their three-cent daily price limit, sparked by brisk beef demand and stronger-than-anticipated cash prices, traders said. June settled at 130.05 cents and August 123.8 — limit up and fresh highs for both contracts (all figures US$).

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

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U.S., China accelerate beef talks

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying, lower animal weights

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather concerns keep room to the upside

Opinion: Pass the biscuits and the buck

U.S. grains: CBOT soy rallies on export demand

U.S. grains: Wheat down on global supplies, seasonal pressure

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybeans poised for move upward

U.S. grains: Corn up on USDA world stocks view

U.S. grains: Soy up ahead of USDA data

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle soar limit up

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