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Biotech wheat moves closer to market, Monsanto says

Jan. 9, 2014 at 11:13 am CST

Monsanto, the world’s largest seed company, said Wednesday it was making good progress on the development of a herbicide-tolerant wheat, pushing what would be the world’s first biotech wheat a step closer to market. Monsanto, a leading developer of biotech corn, soybeans and other crops, has long tried to bring […]

ICE weekly outlook: Lower prices still to come

Jan. 8, 2014 at 9:37 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs rise amid roll by funds

Jan. 8, 2014 at 8:55 pm CST

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on higher supply, U.S. planting outlook

Jan. 8, 2014 at 8:48 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Canola crush margins very strong

Jan. 7, 2014 at 7:09 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Logistical issues continue to keep oat prices stable

Jan. 7, 2014 at 7:03 pm CST

Despite a large 2013-14 crop, Canadian oat prices continue to remain stable well into the winter as logistical issues moving grain across the Prairies are seen as bullish. “It’s 100 per cent logistics related,” said Ryan McKnight, a grain merchant with Linear Grain at Carman, Man., speaking of current prices. […]

By Brandon Logan

Brazil’s mills turn to U.S. wheat on Argentine export limits

Jan. 7, 2014 at 6:27 pm CST

Brazilian flour mills are importing nearly all of their wheat from the U.S. instead of Argentina, their usual supplier, due to Argentine export restrictions. Argentina regulates wheat shipments abroad in order to ensure domestic food supply, and traders in December said the government had not allowed 1.6 million tonnes of […]

U.S. delegation in China seeks to resolve GM corn dispute

Jan. 7, 2014 at 6:15 pm CST

A U.S. Grains Council delegation traveled to China this week aiming to resolve a dispute over a genetically modified corn variety that has triggered Chinese rejection of numerous shipments. The GMO corn strain, Syngenta’s MIR 162 corn, is approved for cultivation in the U.S. and approved for import by all […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Prices sag on positioning before USDA reports

Jan. 7, 2014 at 6:02 pm CST

U.S. grain and soybean futures stumbled on Tuesday on projections for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to increase crop production and supply estimates in key reports on Friday. The decline was a turnaround from early gains in the markets that were linked to concerns about bitterly cold U.S. weather hurting […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Weak cash sentiment undermines CME hog futures

Jan. 7, 2014 at 5:51 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Tuesday fell in anticipation of lower cash prices soon, traders and analysts said. The arctic blast that snarled transportation of livestock to market is expected to subside by midweek, freeing up more hogs that could pressure cash values, they said. The federal government estimated […]

By Theopolis Waters