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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Weather view weighs on CBOT corn, wheat

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures sank 2.9 per cent on Monday, hitting a two-week low on expectations that drier conditions in the U.S. Plains will allow farmers to harvest a bumper crop, traders said. Corn futures also fell, hitting new contract lows amid pressure from good weather for crop development […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Western states to get US$110M in drought aid

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Washington | Reuters — The White House said Friday it would spend an additional US$110 million to help farmers and communities in western states hit hard by drought and wildfires. The drought has affected a third of the western United States, and President Barack Obama was slated to discuss it with western governors in a […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slips to one-week low on raised supply outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures extended losses to the lowest levels in a week on Thursday, pressured by gains in the dollar and after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its supply outlook. Soybeans and corn also eased as the stronger greenback made U.S. goods less attractive in international markets. The dollar climbed […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola mixed after wild week

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts ended narrowly mixed for the week ended Wednesday, but not before shooting above the $500 per tonne mark amid concerns over persistent dryness across a large portion of Western Canada. “If we don’t get those rains or if they’re disappointing then I think this thing is going […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two weeks as USDA boosts supply outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent for their largest losses in two weeks on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture boosted its production forecast for the winter wheat crop in a monthly supply and demand report. Corn futures posted their largest daily declines since March at the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Profit-taking weighs on soybeans, corn, wheat

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Friday on end-of-week profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. It was the first time all three commodities posted losses on the same day since May 26. Some position-squaring ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand report on Wednesday was noted. […] Read more
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Livestock, Reuters

U.S. EPA proposing temporary pesticide-free zones for honeybees

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. environmental regulators on Thursday proposed a rule that would create temporary pesticide-free zones to protect commercial honeybees, which are critical to food production and have been dying off at alarming rates. The restrictions are aimed at protecting bees from “pesticides that are acutely toxic” to them, and would cover foliar applications when […] Read more

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