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USDA sees corn acres, stocks above expectations, record soy seedings

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 31, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers were seen cutting their corn plantings by less than expected in 2015 even as supplies ballooned to the highest since 1987, U.S. government data showed on Tuesday. The U.S. Agriculture Department, in its closely watched prospective plantings report, also predicted that farmers would devote a record 84.635 million acres

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat up four per cent on dry Plains conditions

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose more than four per cent on Monday as dry conditions in parts of the U.S. Plains, coupled with hot weather this week, prompted investors to cover positions, traders said. Corn followed wheat up and soybeans closed fractionally higher as traders focused on a pair

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME hogs close firm after USDA report

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 30, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs gained modestly on Monday, helped by short-covering and deferred-month buying pegged to Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture quarterly hog report, traders said. Last Friday’s report showed active herd expansion during the December-February quarter that slowed as producer profits waned. Nearby hog futures bounced around throughout the

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

USDA hog report confirms active herd growth as PED fears ease

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters March 27, 2015

Reuters — The U.S. hog herd grew seven per cent during the December-February quarter versus the same period last year, a U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed on Friday, reflecting producer profitability and the less-severe porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) virus, said analysts. Hog farmers willingly expanded their herds after vaccines and tighter biosecurity measures offset

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds ahead of USDA reports

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 27, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat climbed as much as two per cent in a bargain-buying bounce on Friday, rebounding after three sessions of steep declines that dragged futures into technically oversold territory. Soybean and corn futures each were lower at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) with investors in all three trading pits squaring

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat down most in nearly two years on dollar rebound

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 26, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain and soybean futures reversed early gains to turn lower on Thursday on pressure from a higher dollar, with wheat’s three-session decline of more than six per cent the biggest such slide in nearly two years. The U.S. dollar, which rose in a rebound from a three-week low, makes goods

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast, corn hits three-week high

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 25, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat fell for the third straight session on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and forecasts for rains needed in the parched southern U.S. Plains growing region. But prices trimmed their losses while corn edged higher and soybeans lower in a choppy session at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after rally as rain monitored

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer March 24, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat tumbled as much as two per cent on Tuesday as investors took profits after the previous session’s five-week high and extended weather outlooks showed the possibility of crop-friendly rains in the U.S. and Russia. Soybean futures also were lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by record South

Livestock

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek March 23, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. government is developing a vaccine to protect poultry from new strains of avian flu that have recently killed birds from Arkansas to Washington state. Within two months, scientists at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research lab in Georgia will test the vaccine on chickens to see how well

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 17, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures sagged 1.5 per cent to their lowest in almost five months on Tuesday, with export demand for U.S. supplies fading amid the expanding harvest in Argentina and Brazil, traders said. “The fundamentals are not friendly here; the South American crops are coming in with good yields,” Charlie Sernatinger,

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

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USDA sees corn acres, stocks above expectations, record soy seedings

U.S. grains: Wheat up four per cent on dry Plains conditions

U.S. livestock: CME hogs close firm after USDA report

USDA hog report confirms active herd growth as PED fears ease

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds ahead of USDA reports

U.S. grains: Wheat down most in nearly two years on dollar rebound

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on forecast, corn hits three-week high

U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles after rally as rain monitored

U.S. developing bird flu vaccine, no distribution plans yet

U.S. grains: Corn, soy dive on export woes

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