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Grain is loaded onto ships for export at a port on the Parana River near Rosario, Argentina on Jan. 31, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)

Argentina forms agency to manage cargo river, grain exporters worry

Added bureaucracy in grain shipping feared

By Maximilian Heath, Hugh Bronstein, GFM Network News August 25, 2021

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina said on Wednesday it had formed a new government agency to manage dredging operations needed to ensure navigation of the Parana River, which carries about 80 per cent of the country’s grains exports from the Pampas farm belt out to sea. For decades, cargo ships have paid tolls directly […] Read more

File photo of the Hernando de Soto Bridge as viewed from the Mud Island River Park at Memphis. (Akrassel/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

Over 1,000 barges waiting to pass

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News May 14, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — The Mississippi River reopened to vessel traffic near Memphis on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said, ending a shutdown of part of the waterway that caused a backlog of more than 1,000 barges carrying oil, corn and other goods. The Coast Guard said the river is open to all vessel traffic […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News May 14, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — A traffic jam on the lower Mississippi River swelled to 771 barges on Thursday as a fractured bridge near Memphis closed the waterway that is crucial for U.S. crop exports. The shutdown fueled concerns about shipping U.S. grain and soy to export markets at a time when global inventories are slim […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

By P.j. Huffstutter, GFM Network News July 15, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Green Plains Inc., one of the biggest U.S. ethanol producers, sued Archer Daniels Midland on Tuesday, accusing the global grain trader of manipulating the price of the biofuel to profit from its positions in the derivatives market. Green Plains filed the proposed class action with the U.S. District Court of Nebraska, […] Read more

The AltEn ethanol plant at Mead, Neb. on March 21, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Humeyra Pamuk)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly April 8, 2019

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that […] Read more

CBOT May 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade deal hopes

By P.j. Huffstutter March 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed on Monday amid news reports that Beijing and Washington are close to settling a lingering trade dispute, a breakthrough that could boost China’s demand for U.S. soy and other agricultural products. Corn also rose, pulling away from a three-month low struck in the previous session. Wheat prices […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

By Michael Hirtzer, P.j. Huffstutter December 31, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain farmers scrambled to find shelter for their crops and handlers hunted for alternative transportation routes, as widespread floods shut waterways from Illinois to Missouri and spurred a surge in physical prices of corn and soybeans. The sudden jump in prices could complicate a months-long stand-off between farmers who are […] Read more

Buyers found for five Prairie pulse plants

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Prairie cash wheat: Gains in prices vary by type

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Buyers found for five Prairie pulse plants

‘Two Michaels’ have left China, Trudeau says

Prairie cash wheat: Gains in prices vary by type

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Argentina forms agency to manage cargo river, grain exporters worry

Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

U.S. barge backup worsens as Mississippi River shut near Memphis

Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on trade deal hopes

U.S. grain prices soar as floods shut waterways, threaten crops

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