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French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

Angry French farmers block highways in bid to step up pressure on government

Belgian farmers also protesting in Brussels

By Marco Trujillo, Reuters, Sarah Meyssonnier January 29, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Long lines of tractors blocked highways near Paris and across France on Monday, as angry farmers sought to put pressure on the government to do more to help them weather inflation, compete with cheap imports and make a living.

File photo of sunset over port facilities at Odesa. (Mixarde/iStock/Getty Images)

General, Reuters

Ukraine to punish firms for violating farm exports rules to Eastern Europe

Cheap Ukrainian exports have sparked protests in neighbouring countries

By Reuters January 29, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ukraine on Monday said it has tightened rules related to certain food exports, imposing a six-month trading ban for any companies violating the regulations, to ease tensions with bordering countries.

CBOT soybeans ZCH24 on Jan. 26 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn pressured by South American supply prospects

Outlooks for large soy and corn crops in Argentina, optimism about Brazil's harvest set the tone

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures sank to a one-week low on Friday and corn fell more than 1 per cent as traders focused on improving prospects for South American harvests, analysts said.

Markets

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: U.S. futures raise Western Canadian bids

Total wheat production expected to increase to 33.3 million tonnes; total wheat carryout to 4.2 million

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm January 26, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes The relatively low prices created some interest in the export market. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported net wheat export sales of 451,400 tonnes in its weekly report on Jan. 25, down 36 per cent from the previous week but up 45 per cent from the four-week average. Recent severe cold weather in the northwestern U.S. Plains may have also caused some crop damage.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean, soyoil futures slide on weak demand

KC wheat firms on demand optimism

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures Sv1 fell 1.4 per cent on Thursday, pressured by weak export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed given strong competition from Brazilian supplies, along with sliding values for soybean oil, traders said.

General

Farmers demand incentives for environmental changes

A final strategy was to be released in late 2023 but feds now say it will be sometime this year

By Karen Briere January 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes A federal environmental strategy for the agriculture sector should be viewed through an economic lens, says a report from consultations on the proposed Sustainable Agriculture Strategy.

Markets

Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests

Total exports down, but percentage going to China increased

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian wheat and barley came away with average crops for 2023/24, as the threat of dryness caused by an El Niño posed a major challenge, according to the United Stated Department of Agriculture attaché in the country’s capital of Canberra.

Livestock, Markets

Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime

Analysts suggest farmers will grow less barley

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm January 25, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Feedlots continued to purchase corn imports from the United States, putting pressure on feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada. However, the prospective of fewer planted acres this spring could give prices a boost.

Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25

Southern U.S. cotton crop could cap soybean acres

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 24, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute As farmers in the United States get ready to plant their crops in 2024, there has been speculation of how much corn and soybeans they will plant.

CBOT Corn ZCH24 on Jan. 24 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar

Wheat futures ended up 2.4 per cent on technical buying and weakness in the dollar

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 24, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday as uncertainty about crop prospects in South America and a setback in the dollar triggered a round of short-covering and lifted the benchmark corn contract Cv1 from three-year lows set last week, traders said.

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Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Cereals

Angry French farmers block highways in bid to step up pressure on government

Ukraine to punish firms for violating farm exports rules to Eastern Europe

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn pressured by South American supply prospects

Prairie wheat weekly outlook: U.S. futures raise Western Canadian bids

U.S. grains: Soybean, soyoil futures slide on weak demand

Farmers demand incentives for environmental changes

Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests

Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime

CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25

U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar

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