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U.S. grains: Soybeans sag after monthly USDA report

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures fell on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised analysts by leaving its forecast of domestic soy inventories unchanged in a monthly report. A strong dollar hung over the commodities sector, pressuring grains as well as crude oil and copper. But wheat closed higher,

Crops, Markets

USDA cuts world, U.S. corn stocks view as exports heat up

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub March 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters — U.S. and world corn supplies are projected to be smaller than expected by the end of the marketing year due to rising export demand, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Tuesday. The government also left its outlook for domestic soybean supplies unchanged and lowered U.S. wheat stocks by just one million

Livestock, Markets

Swollen U.S. meat inventories mirror strong demand headwinds

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 20, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Slumping demand for meat on the U.S. West and East Coasts boosted pork, beef and chicken inventories to some of their highest levels in years, analysts said following Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture monthly cold storage report. Meat processors and grocers normally stash hams in freezers before the Easter holiday and

Livestock, Markets

West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

By GFM Network News, Theopolis Waters February 19, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. meat exporters caught in the middle of the West Coast port labour standoff diverted millions of pounds of chilled pork and beef into cold storage facilities over the last few weeks, creating an oversupply of meat, analysts said. Redirected protein shipments come as frozen inventories are starting to build ahead

Crops, Markets

USDA sees reduced U.S. plantings of corn, soy, wheat in 2015-16

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 19, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. farmers will plant fewer acres of soybeans, corn, wheat and cotton in the 2015-16 marketing year in response to falling prices, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Thursday. At its annual Agricultural Outlook conference, USDA forecast lower prices for most major U.S. crops following bumper harvests in 2014-15. “Consecutive

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. pork production seen at record high in 2015, beef lower

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 19, 2015

Washington | Reuters –– U.S. meat and poultry production will rise to a record 95.13 million pounds in 2015, with gains in pork and poultry output more than offsetting a slight drop in beef production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast on Thursday. Total U.S. pork production was seen up 5.5 per cent at 24.09

Livestock

U.S. may lower cholesterol’s level of threat to health

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 10, 2015

Washington | Reuters — A U.S. advisory panel reviewing national dietary guidelines has decided to drop its caution against eating cholesterol-laden food, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. At a December meeting, the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee discussed its decision to no longer deem cholesterol a “nutrient of concern,” according to the Post. The last set

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report

By GFM Network News, Michael Hirtzer February 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures edged higher on Monday, lifted by investor short-covering and position-squaring ahead of the monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture supply and demand report due on Tuesday. USDA said earlier that top soybean importer China purchased 120,000 tonnes of the grain within 24 hours, while analysts at AgRural

Beef cattle, Livestock

Expect volatility in 2015 beef business, says Ag Days speaker

Will 2015 be a repeat of 2014’s amazing ride? Unlikely, says beef industry analyst

By Lorraine Stevenson February 3, 2015

Canadian cattle and beef prices reached all-time highs in 2014 but 2015 will be a different story, market analyst Anne Wasko of Gateway Livestock told an Ag Days seminar last week. Retail prices will remain high and are expected to go even higher, while export and domestic demand should stay strong. But there are changes

Obama proposes creation of stand-alone U.S. food safety agency

By GFM Network News, Reuters February 2, 2015

Reuters — U.S. President Barack Obama has proposed bringing together the country’s food safety operations into one agency to better monitor food quality in a move that would reshape the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The proposal was put forward as part of the President’s 2016 budget plan. The new agency would combine the food

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

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

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U.S. grains: Soybeans sag after monthly USDA report

USDA cuts world, U.S. corn stocks view as exports heat up

Swollen U.S. meat inventories mirror strong demand headwinds

West Coast port impasse beefs up U.S. meat stockpile

USDA sees reduced U.S. plantings of corn, soy, wheat in 2015-16

U.S. pork production seen at record high in 2015, beef lower

U.S. may lower cholesterol’s level of threat to health

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise on short-covering ahead of USDA report

Expect volatility in 2015 beef business, says Ag Days speaker

Obama proposes creation of stand-alone U.S. food safety agency

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