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U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains on big Chinese purchase

By Karl Plume 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures hit a six-week high on Friday as China’s first large purchase of U.S. beans in months and easing of some duties on U.S. exports fuelled hopes of a detente in the tariff war between Washington and Beijing. Corn also firmed as signs of a U.S.-China trade thaw sparked […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China tariff exemption

By Tom Polansek 4 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed by an expanded daily limit on Friday as China said it would exempt U.S. pork from additional tariffs imposed during its trade war with the United States. The exemptions raised hopes for Chinese buying and were seen as the latest sign of easing Sino-U.S. tensions before […] Read more

Global markets

Global Markets: Stock markets stronger on positive trade sentiments

By GFM Network News 4 days ago

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 13 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States stock markets are expected to open higher for the third consecutive day, due to a generally optimistic trade sentiment between the U.S. and China. The Chinese government has said Chinese […] Read more

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Expected U.S. soybean, corn yields down

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 5 days ago

MarketsFarm –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) September supply and demand report saw downward revisions for corn and soybeans, but kept its estimates for wheat where they were in August. The department on Thursday released its new world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE). “Prices rallied after the report came out because of the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

By Julie Ingwersen 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a one-month high on Thursday on news of fresh export sales to China and signs of a possible easing of the U.S. trade dispute with the world’s biggest buyer of the oilseed. Corn and wheat futures also rose, following soybeans. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up on expectations for Chinese buying

By Tom Polansek 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed the daily exchange-imposed limit on Thursday on increasing expectations for Chinese buying as the world’s two largest economies prepared for talks aimed at breaking the logjam in their trade war. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) will temporarily expand the trading limit to 4.5 cents on Friday […] Read more

Global markets

Global Markets: United States unemployment levels drop

By GFM Network News 5 days ago

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 11 (MarketsFarm News) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States unemployment hit its lowest rate in nearly five months, according to recent data. Jobless claims dropped to 204,000 during week ended Sept. 7, which is a 15,000 reduction from the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Nutrien to idle three Saskatchewan potash mines

By GFM Staff 6 days ago

Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien plans to shut down three of its Saskatchewan potash mines for up to two months in the fourth quarter of the year. The Saskatoon company said Wednesday it “expects to proactively take up to eight-week inventory shutdowns” at its mines at Allan, Lanigan and Vanscoy, Sask. during that period. If all […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola breaks out of week-long funk

By Marlo Glass September 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — It’s unclear yet what effect Thursday’s satellite field crop estimates from Statistics Canada will have on markets. Canola broke out of a six-day funk Wednesday, trending just slightly higher for the first time since Wednesday last week. Technical biases remain to the downside, as prices hover around contract lows. “There are a lot […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Weather

As harvest drags on, malt barley quality uncertain

By Phil Franz-warkentin September 11, 2019

MarketsFarm — The quality of Canada’s 2019-20 barley crop remains to be seen, as cool and wet harvest conditions across much of the Prairies are raising concerns over how much will meet malt specifications. “We’ll lose a lot of malting barley this year, because of the weather,” said Peter Watts, managing director of the Canadian […] Read more

Manitoba sunflowers not calling it quits just yet

Canada’s fuel prices to rise after attack in Saudi Arabia

Funds’ canola short position up, for now

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