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India’s controversial farm bills become law despite protests

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Reading Time: < 1 minute New Delhi | Reuters — India’s president on Sunday approved three controversial agricultural bills amid nationwide protests by farmers who say the new laws will stunt their bargaining power and instead allow large retailers to have control over pricing. Farmers’ organizations say one of the three laws could lead to the government stopping buying grain […] Read more
Crops, Markets

First of four vessels arrives in Churchill

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The first grain vessel of the 2020 shipping season is now at Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill, according to Murad Al-Katib of the Arctic Gateway Group. “We’ll have an active program on durum wheat and lentils going into the Mediterranean,” said Al-Katib, who’s also CEO of Regina-based AGT Foods, one of the group’s […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were steady to down $2 […] Read more
Crops, Markets

Little variation seen in global grain supply and demand data

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Few significant changes appear in the latest monthly supply and demand report from the International Grains Council (IGC), which released its estimates Thursday. The IGC slightly nudged its estimate of total world grain production from its August estimate of 2.23 billion to September’s 2.227 billion tonnes. The September forecast is 2.1 per cent […] Read more
Crops, Markets

AAFC lowers wheat carryout estimate, raises canola

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Updated supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada call for tighter wheat carryout for the 2020-21 crop year than previous forecast — and more canola. Tursday’s report provides the first adjusted balance sheet estimates from the government agency that account for the latest production numbers from Statistics Canada released earlier in […] Read more
General, Markets

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Ex-premiers write to Ottawa with critique of EU's continued trade barriers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter Monday to Prime Minister Justin […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

Chicago wheat futures weak

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Friday, bouncing back from four straight days of declines on a mild round of bargain buying, traders said. But wheat futures weakened, weighed down by a firm dollar, which makes U.S. supplies more expensive to overseas buyers. Soybeans fell 4.1 per […] Read more
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

CME cattle futures weaken

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief that export sales are running […] Read more
Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: C$ ends week on soft note

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Reading Time: < 1 minute By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar was weaker on Friday, hitting its lowest levels in seven weeks relative to its United States counterpart amid heightened concerns over a second wave of COVID-19. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7465 or US$1=C$1.3396, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.7477 or US$1=C$1.3374. […] Read more
Futures

North American Grain/Oilseed Review

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Reading Time: 2 minutes By Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 25 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were stronger on Friday, after four conservatives days of losses. Canola found support from a stronger tone in comparable vegetable oils. Nearby Chicago soyoil contracts were up by about half of a cent after week of considerable losses. The loonie […] Read more

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