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A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

Chinese corn breeders are preparing to double the amount of GMO corn planted next year

By Reuters December 21, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes China, the world's top buyer of soy and corn, will push for higher grain yields across large areas of farmland as it seeks to ensure food security for its huge population, state media reported on Wednesday, citing an annual rural policy meeting.

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago corn futures hit new lows

Exports being lost because of US-Mexico rail crossing closures, industry says

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters December 20, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago front-months' corn contracts hit new lows on Wednesday after the U.S. government closed two key rail crossings into Mexico, the top importer of U.S. corn, in response to rising migrant crossings.

SoyXpert produces certified organic tofu at its Sherbrooke production facility. Photo: Soykei/Facebook.

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Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation

Quebec tofu manufacturers have seen high demand in recent years

By Geralyn Wichers December 20, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes A Quebec tofu-maker has received a $400,000 federal loan to help automate its organic tofu production facility.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans turn lower on rain forecast in Brazil

Wheat futures rose on a technical bounce

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters December 19, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures turned lower on Tuesday, as weather forecasts called for Brazil's dry crop belts getting some much-needed rainfall in the coming days.

Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. president and CEO Douglas Cole speaks at a news conference at the Manitoba Legislature on Dec. 19 as Manitoba agriculture minister Ron Kostyshyn looks on. Photo: Don Norman.

General, Markets

Manitoba earmarks funds for sustainable aviation fuel plant

The facility may produce as much as one billion litres of canola and soy-based jet fuel

By Geralyn Wichers December 19, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute Calgary-based firm Azure Sustainable Fuels Corp. plans to use Canadian feedstock like soybean and canola oils to produce as much as one billion litres of renewable aviation fuel per year, the news release added.

Soybeans ZSF24 for Dec. 18 with Bollinger bands over 20 days. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as Argentina seeks to raise meal, oil export taxes

Good export demand also underpinned soybeans

By Karl Plume, Reuters December 18, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures clawed back early losses and ended higher on Monday on good U.S. export demand and after Argentina's new government said it would raise export taxes on soymeal and soyoil in the world's supplier of the soy products.

Crops, Markets

Speculative net short position in canola hits new record

CBOT long liquidation saw the net long position in soybeans dip

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 18, 2023

Reading Time: < 1 minute The net short position in canola futures climbed to a new record large level in mid-December, as speculators added to their bearish bets for the second week in a row, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Drought-affected corn in Brazil in 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Diego Vara)

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans

Fertilizer companies are already dealing with lower profits as prices sag

By Ana Mano, Reuters, Rod Nickel, Sourasis Bose December 18, 2023

Reading Time: 3 minutes Brazil's drought is causing farmers there to delay fertilizer purchases for their upcoming corn-planting season, denting sales for global fertilizer suppliers in the world's top corn-exporting country, executives told Reuters.

CBOT soybeans ZSF24 as of Dec. 15 (Barchart).

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy posts first weekly gain in 1-1/2 months

Traders waited to see whether beneficial rains will arrive in dry areas of Brazil

By Reuters, Tom Polansek December 15, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- U.S. soybean futures finished higher in the nearby contract and lower in deferred months on Friday as traders waited to see whether beneficial rains will arrive in dry areas of Brazil as expected.

January 2024 CBOT soybeans as of Dec. 14, 2023, with moving averages over 20, 50 and 100 days. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid US export demand

China may buy a couple more cargoes of U.S. soy for next-year delivery: analysts

By Reuters, Tom Polansek December 14, 2023

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters -- Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures settled higher on Thursday on steady U.S. export demand and weakness in the dollar, analysts said.

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Soybeans

China to push for higher grain yields to ensure food security

U.S. grains: Chicago corn futures hit new lows

Feds earmark $400,000 to tofu production automation

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans turn lower on rain forecast in Brazil

Manitoba earmarks funds for sustainable aviation fuel plant

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally as Argentina seeks to raise meal, oil export taxes

Speculative net short position in canola hits new record

Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans

U.S. grains: Soy posts first weekly gain in 1-1/2 months

U.S. grains: Soy futures rise amid US export demand

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