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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybean markets excite while corn settles

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are finding support from Argentina weather while corn markets remain stuck in sideways trading, according to a Chicago trader. “The corn markets have kind of been left out of the Argentina weather equation with heavy fund selling here and there… and then might […] Read more

Brazil: Farming on a larger scale

Brazil: Farming on a larger scale

It’s hard to distill great experiences. And, arguably, I don’t want to. I want you, the reader, along for every second of what made my trip to Brazil amazing. At the planning phase, there were so many disparate parts. I felt it the trip going to fall through — part of it seemed too good[...]
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CBOT weekly outlook: Rangebound corn, soy watch South America, exports

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Weak exports and improving growing conditions in South America are casting a bearish tint over near-future prospects for corn and soybeans. One market analyst in Illinois noted the corn market was also extremely oversold. “A good technical close for December corn this week would be over $3.36” a bushel, said Scott Capinegro,[...]
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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn and soybeans down after USDA report

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell following the United States Department of Agriculture’s crop production report which raised corn estimates and kept soybeans at previous estimates. “I expect the low volatility environment to continue with soybeans remaining in tight trading short term. And for corn prices eventually[...]
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Brazil cuts into U.S. soybean market share in China

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters – Brazil is expected to win a larger share of China’s soybean imports in coming months, hitting U.S. exporters during the peak marketing season for their most valuable farm product as the world grapples with a fifth consecutive bumper crop. China is expected to buy about five million tonnes of soybeans from Brazil for[...]
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Monsanto halts U.S. seed treatment launch after complaints of rashes

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Monsanto put on hold the launch of a seed treatment on Wednesday, following reports it causes rashes on people, in the latest instance of complaints about a company product that was approved by U.S. environmental regulators. Monsanto froze plans for commercial sales of the product called NemaStrike, which can protect corn,[...]
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Monsanto, BASF herbicides strain states with damage complaints

Reading Time: 4 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. farmers have overwhelmed state governments with thousands of complaints about crop damage linked to new versions of herbicides, threatening future sales by manufacturers Monsanto and BASF. Monsanto is banking on herbicides using dicamba — and seeds engineered to resist it — to dominate soybean production in the U.S., the world’s[...]
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