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ICE Canada Weekly Outlook: Canola stuck in sideways pattern

Jan. 4, 2018 at 9:42 am CST

CNS Canada – ICE Futures Canada canola contracts may be showing some strength to start the New Year, but the overall trend remains sideways, according to an analyst. “Everything is hovering around C$500, which has been a magnet for the past year-and-a-half,” said David Derwin, Commodities Investment Advisor with PI […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybean markets quietly await USDA reports

Jan. 4, 2018 at 9:37 am CST

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs turn up on cash, wholesale pork prices

Jan. 3, 2018 at 8:17 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

Cargill profit falls as grain glut limits trading

Jan. 3, 2018 at 3:30 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend rally as cold threatens crops

Jan. 3, 2018 at 3:21 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

[VIDEO] Chicken poo power as an alternative to coal?

Jan. 3, 2018 at 12:59 pm CST

Israeli researchers have developed a way to mimic coal formation by heating wet chicken waste, potentially providing an alternative energy source to that fossil fuel and find a use for growing amounts of waste from poultry. – Amy Pollock reports for Reuters.

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle rally on higher cash, beef prices

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures rallied about 1.5 percent on Tuesday on fund buying and stronger cash cattle and beef prices, traders said. Frigid temperatures in U.S. Plains cattle producing areas also supported futures as such weather could slow down cattle weight gains, making them […]

By Karl Plume

Argentina begins phasing in cuts to soybean export tax

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters – Argentina has cut its soybean export tax to 29.5 percent from a previous 30 percent, the first step in a plan to gradually reduce the levy to 18 percent over two years, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. The plan will see […]

By Hugh Bronstein Maximilian Heath

Dried Ear of Cereal crop in studio isolated against white background.

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as temperatures fall; corn, soy firm

Jan. 2, 2018 at 4:17 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rallied 1.7 percent to their highest in nearly four weeks on Tuesday on concerns about sub-zero temperatures damaging the dormant crop in crucial growing areas of the United States, traders said. The gains in wheat spurred increases in corn futures. Soybeans also closed […]

By Mark Weinraub

New Year’s Day cold snap to hit U.S. winter wheat, rivers

Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — A New Year’s Day cold snap in the southern U.S. Plains poses a threat to winter wheat, particularly in Kansas, the country’s biggest producer of the grain, agricultural meteorologists said. Farmers in Kansas grow hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the largest U.S. wheat class that typically […]

By Julie Ingwersen