Reuters, Agriculture News & Resources

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose to a 3-1/2-week high on Friday as China booked its largest purchase of the grain in more than five years and as flooding in the western U.S. Midwest raised concerns over spring planting. Technical selling and profit-taking later pulled corn from the highs, although the market closed […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rose to contract highs for a third straight session on Friday on hopes for strong demand from China before easing from those peaks on profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. China is expected to be in the market for imported pork as the deadly hog […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

Ottawa/Chicago | Reuters — Canada is optimistic it can make progress this year in talks to persuade China to allow imports of Canadian canola seed to resume, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, even as tensions between Ottawa and Beijing reach new highs. Trudeau spoke hours after an industry group said Chinese importers had […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

VIDEO: Tractor operator saves cow trapped in mud after flood

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

AccuWeather – Dubas Equipment in Nebraska shared this video of the careful efforts a tractor operator used with a front loader to save the life of a cow stuck in the mud after the state’s historic flooding. The video has since gone viral so Dubas has put together a “Nebraska Strong” t-shirt to sell with […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — A massive supply of grains has shielded the futures markets from the impact of flooding in the U.S. Midwest so far, with traders largely shrugging off this week’s reports of destroyed storage bins, swamped elevators and questions about if waters will recede in time for planting. The problem is grain glut […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Wuzhen, China | Reuters — China’s 2019 pork imports are set to double from last year to two million tonnes, a Rabobank analyst said on Thursday, as African swine fever hits production of the meat in the world’s top hog market. China has reported 113 outbreaks of the contagious disease since last August, though farmers […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Mead, Neb./New York | Reuters — Massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest has knocked out roughly 13 per cent of the nation’s ethanol production capacity, as plants in Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota have been forced to shut down or scale back production following the devastation. Production facilities owned by large companies like Archer Daniels […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures jumped more than one per cent on Thursday to their highest level in 2-1/2 weeks as concerns about delayed planting in the western U.S. Midwest sparked buying and fund short-covering. Soybeans followed corn higher, although gains were restrained by lower-than-expected weekly export sales data and concerns about trade […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

By GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rallied by their daily trading limits for a second straight day on Thursday on expectations that imports by China would surge as the country’s domestic hog herd is ravaged by a deadly hog disease. All hog contracts posted new contract highs and spot futures reached […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

By GFM Network News 3 days ago

Winslow, Neb./Chicago | Reuters — Midwestern farmers have been gambling they could ride out the U.S.-China trade war by storing their corn and soybeans anywhere they could — in bins, plastic tubes, in barns or even outside. Now, the unthinkable has happened. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt across Iowa, […] Read more

Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

GFM Network News

Canola fund short position continues to grow

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up on China buying, flood worries

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs notch fresh contract highs on export hopes

Trudeau optimistic about making progress to end China canola ban

VIDEO: Tractor operator saves cow trapped in mud after flood

Grain markets walled off from flood impacts by mountains of supplies

China’s pork imports seen doubling in 2019 on swine fever impact

Floods shut nearly a sixth of U.S. ethanol production

U.S. grains: Corn rises as Midwest floods fuel planting concerns

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit up again on China swine fever fears

U.S. farmers face devastation following Midwest floods

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