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(Keith Weller photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Soybeans sag to near two-week low as crop impresses scouts

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid for a third consecutive session on Thursday, giving up three per cent to their lowest since mid-August, as a widely watched crop tour reported bumper prospects across the U.S. Midwest. Corn and wheat lost ground for a fourth session in a row, amid expectations for huge global grain supplies. […] Read more
Khaled Hanafi, Egypt’s minister for supply and internal trading, shown here at a meeting Tuesday, has resigned in the wake of the country’s ongoing probe into purchases of local wheat. (MSIT.gov.eg)
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Egypt’s wheat corruption scandal takes down supply minister

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Cairo/Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Egypt’s Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi has resigned amid the highest-profile corruption case since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi came to power in 2014. Hanafi’s resignation is the most senior-level fallout from a probe into whether millions of dollars intended to subsidize farmers were used to purchase wheat that did not […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Soybeans weighed down by big harvest prospects

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. soybeans and grains dipped on Wednesday, weighed down by abundant harvest prospects in key countries. Soybeans led the way lower, as the closely watched four-day Pro Farmer U.S. Midwest Crop Tour scouted impressive crops in central Illinois, following its observation a day earlier of above-average soybean pod counts in Nebraska and Indiana. […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Weather forecast weighs on soybeans

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday as the weather outlook for the Midwest bolstered expectations of a huge harvest in the fall, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures firmed, recovering from early weakness on short-covering and technical buying. The forecast for key growing areas of the U.S. […] Read more
(Bob Nichols photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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U.S. grains: Soybeans weaken while corn, wheat tick higher

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures eased on Thursday, closing well above session lows as technical buyers stepped into the market after profit-taking sparked an early sell-off, traders said. Wheat and corn futures firmed on short-covering, recovering from early dips into negative territories. Rain in key U.S. growing areas that removed some lingering doubts […] Read more
(ArdentMills.com)
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Ardent’s organic wheat program expands to Saskatchewan

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. flour processor Ardent Mills’ plan to double organic wheat acres in the U.S. by 2019 has rolled into Saskatchewan. Ardent, the joint North American flour venture of agrifood firms Cargill, CHS Inc. and ConAgra, said Wednesday it has so far expanded “Organic Initiative 2019,” which it launched in December, to seven U.S. states plus […] Read more

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