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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn expected to move higher, soy sideways

By Jade Markus January 20, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have a bullish tone, according to one analyst, while soybeans are trading sideways to slightly higher. But any anticipated gains could be taken away as quickly as they come, by turbulence in outside markets. “I think there’s an opportunity to buy corn and sell […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans see higher-value trading range

By Jade Markus January 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Corn and soybean contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade are both rangebound, but beans are above the major moving averages, according to one analyst, as traders watch outside markets and weather for indications on where to move next. “I’m friendly, but I’m not looking for any explosions,” said Scott Capinegro, senior […] Read more

Western corn rootworm larvae. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Court to hear growers’ appeal of Ontario neonic rules

By Country Guide Staff January 13, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ontario’s soybean and corn growers have been granted an appeal hearing in their bid to delay the province’s new limits on neonicotinoid seed treatments. Grain Farmers of Ontario (GFO), the body for the province’s corn, soy, wheat, barley and oat growers, said Tuesday the Ontario Court of Appeal has agreed to hear its case on March […] Read more

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China says must change corn supports to clear stockpile

By Reuters January 11, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — China must lower corn prices to reduce its massive corn stockpile and curb imports of corn substitutes including barley, sorghum and distillers’ grain, state media quoted a senior agricultural official as saying. Chen Xiwen, deputy director of the Central Rural Work Leading Group, said China needed to modify its reserve-based crop […] Read more

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Argentine corn sowing booms on optimism over new government

By Hugh Bronstein, Maximiliano Rizzi January 9, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters — A late-season corn planting flurry in No. 4 world exporter Argentina could push output to the same level as the previous crop year, thanks to the policies of the new government, the director of the local maize industry chamber said Friday. Growers across the Pampas farm belt applauded the November […] Read more

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Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

By Dominique Patton January 6, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Beijing | Reuters — Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified (GMO) corn in China’s northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace on Wednesday, in a report that may generate further distrust of the government’s ability to ensure a safe food supply. Beijing has spent billions of dollars to develop GMO crops that it hopes will ensure food […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Weak soybeans, corn watch energy, USDA for direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2016

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade trended down over the past two weeks, testing some contract lows in the process. While the potential for a short-covering bounce is there, further losses are also a distinct possibility, depending on what happens in outside energy markets. “Unless we see an […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rangebound ahead of holidays

By Jade Markus December 16, 2015

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Corn and soybeans at the Chicago Board of Trade are rangebound ahead of the holidays, according to one analyst. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 0.25 per cent, the first increase since 2006, which pressured both corn and soybeans. But outside of that story, corn and soybean markets […] Read more

Port of Quequen, Argentina. (AntaresShipping.com)

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Argentina’s Macri ditches wheat, corn, beef export taxes

By Hugh Bronstein December 15, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine President Mauricio Macri said he would sign a decree on Monday eliminating corn and wheat export taxes as part of his plan to revitalize the country’s massive farm sector after years of antagonism with the government. The decree will also cut the export tax on soybeans, the country’s main […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn hold in trading range

By Jade Markus December 9, 2015

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture held few surprises and had only limited effects on Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybeans — both rangebound in the short term, according to one U.S.-based analyst. “That report was pretty non-eventful right now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers. […] Read more

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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn expected to move higher, soy sideways

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans see higher-value trading range

Court to hear growers’ appeal of Ontario neonic rules

China says must change corn supports to clear stockpile

Argentine corn sowing booms on optimism over new government

Chinese farmers illegally growing GMO corn, Greenpeace says

CBOT weekly outlook: Weak soybeans, corn watch energy, USDA for direction

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy rangebound ahead of holidays

Argentina’s Macri ditches wheat, corn, beef export taxes

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn hold in trading range

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