Reuters, Agriculture News & Resources

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures rose to life-of-contract highs at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday, lifted by worries that severe winter weather could prompt beef packers to pay higher prices for animals in the U.S. Plains, traders said. Technical buying and short-covering also buoyed cattle prices while lean hog futures finished narrowly […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on concerns about China trade talks

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for the third time in four sessions on Tuesday on worries that the United States and China remain far apart in resolving a bitter trade fight that has slashed U.S. soy imports by the world’s top buyer. Corn and wheat followed soybeans lower, with technical selling accelerating […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop in technical sell-off

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures fell for the second straight session on Monday, sliding to a one-week low on pressure from technical selling and a lack of bullish information to propel gains, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures also eased to the lowest since Jan. 7, while more actively traded live […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

Farming insects may solve one problem, create others

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Rome | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Insects have great potential as an alternative source of protein, but further research is urgently needed before mass production begins in order to avoid environmental disaster, Swedish researchers warned Monday. There is currently an “overwhelming lack of knowledge” on basic questions such as suitable species, their housing and feed […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil’s right-wing government under President Jair Bolsonaro will seek to classify invasions of farmland by landless workers movements as akin to terrorism, with harsher penalties for perpetrators, an agriculture ministry official said on Monday. Nabhan Garcia, land issues secretary at the ministry, said the government must convince the National Congress to […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak China trade data

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to a 1-1/2-week low on Monday on technical selling and on concerns about demand from China as the world’s top soy importer remains locked in a tariff war with the United States. Wheat also fell after Russia, the world’s top supplier, left its export forecast unchanged despite […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Ontario marijuana producer Aphria’s CEO to step down

By Reuters, GFM Network News 4 days ago

Reuters — Canadian pot producer Aphria’s co-founder and CEO Vic Neufeld is stepping down, at a time the company is facing questions about its deals in Latin America and a recent slump in its shares. The Leamington, Ont. company also said its marijuana sales nearly doubled in the second quarter driving overall revenue to $21.7 […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

By GFM Network News 5 days ago

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Friday signaled it would not bow to the European Union’s request to keep agriculture out of this year’s planned U.S.-EU trade talks, publishing negotiating objectives that seek comprehensive EU access for American farm products. The objectives, required by Congress under the “fast-track” trade negotiating authority law, seek […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Reuters

Oil on rail likely won’t interfere with grain movements

By GFM Network News 5 days ago

CNS Canada — When considering the pattern of how grain is shipped by rail in Canada, it’s very unlikely increased oil shipments would interfere, according to Quorum Corp. “That’s largely because the flow of grain is predominantly to the West Coast and Thunder Bay,” said Quorum president Mark Hemmes. About 80 per cent of Canadian […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slip on weaker cash

By GFM Network News 5 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures closed lower on Friday, following softening cash hog prices, traders said. CME February hog futures settled down 1.425 cents at 62.65 cents/lb., halting a three-session advance (all figures US$). Traders noted that hogs in the top cash market of Iowa and southern Minnesota traded […] Read more

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer U.S. acres likely due to surplus

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on concerns about China trade talks

GFM Network News

Pulse weekly outlook: Fewer U.S. acres likely due to surplus

U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on concerns about China trade talks

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U.S. livestock: Live cattle hit contract highs on storm forecast

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on concerns about China trade talks

U.S. livestock: Hog futures drop in technical sell-off

Farming insects may solve one problem, create others

Brazil plans to fight invasions by landless workers

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on weak China trade data

Ontario marijuana producer Aphria’s CEO to step down

U.S. to seek comprehensive ag access in EU trade talks

Oil on rail likely won’t interfere with grain movements

U.S. livestock: CME hogs slip on weaker cash

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