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Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

By Chris Prentice, Jarrett Renshaw, P.J. Huffstutter April 26, 2019

New York/Chicago | Reuters — Biofuels pioneer Archer Daniels Midland took another step toward abandoning its pure-play ethanol assets on Friday, the latest sign of the industry’s struggles with U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade wars, thin margins, and overproduction. U.S. law requires ethanol to be blended into gasoline but domestic demand for the biofuel added […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 18, 2019

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs on imports of wheat, rice […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 17, 2019

MarketsFarm –– The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is currently a bear-market, according to broker Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. “It’s like the markets are saying ‘Show me something, we’ll take anything,’ but the bears are winning,” he said, noting there has been almost no news to drive the market in a bullish manner. […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

By Marlo Glass April 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report in the rearview mirror, the Chicago Board of Trade is trading largely on weather forecasts and flood reports. Markets did react, however, when the WASDE report dropped on Tuesday. “We did see some short covering in the market yesterday […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

By Jarrett Renshaw, Stephanie Kelly April 8, 2019

New York | Reuters — The March floods that punished the U.S. Midwest have roiled the ethanol industry, hammering prices and trapping barrels in the country’s interior while the U.S. coasts suffer from shortages of the biofuel. The historic March floods have dealt a series of blows to large swaths of an ethanol industry that […] Read more

The corn sector has fallen behind in dealing with ear rot diseases at that same time those outbreaks have worsened.

Corn, Crops

2018 delivered many DON lessons for corn

Last fall’s weather was partly to blame, but so too were the lack of management options and strategies

By Ralph Pearce April 8, 2019

There can be little doubt that 2018 will go down in the record books as the worst year in Ontario for dealing with ear mould in corn and contamination by deoxynivalenol (DON). Wet weather through silking and then again in much of October and November challenged growers getting into their fields for timely harvesting of […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Corn acreage predicted to be flat

By Marlo Glass April 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Experts predict corn acreage will be flat in Western Canada in 2019. While flooding remains a concern to many this spring, years of dry summers have impacted soil conditions to the point where a wet spring may be a welcome reprieve. “I’m more concerned about how much moisture we will have gained because […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. The […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

By Marlo Glass March 27, 2019

MarketsFarm — Traders are bracing for more inclement weather to hit the U.S. Midwest, which in turn could rock commodities. Springtime floods and adverse weather have impacted the majority of the U.S. Plains and Midwest, and those regions expect another snow system before the end of March. Flooding may delay planting dates, causing farmers to […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm March 22, 2019

MarketsFarm — Weather conditions have the potential to swing feed grain markets in Western Canada over the next few weeks, although prices generally remain steady for the time being. “Spring is here, and as the snow melts it creates mud, road bans and all that lovely stuff,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, […] Read more

Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

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Tories’ climate plan focused on green investment

ICE weekly outlook: Weather the main factor in canola bids

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs up on bargain buying

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ADM’s move to spin off ethanol assets speaks to industry’s woes

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

CBOT weekly outlook: Bear market aches for bull news

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets brace for weather, trade war

Midwest floods hammer U.S. ethanol industry

2018 delivered many DON lessons for corn

Feed weekly outlook: Corn acreage predicted to be flat

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets at mercy of weather

Feed weekly outlook: Spring weather may swing Prairie feed markets

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