Los Angeles | Reuters — A NASA-led international satellite mission was set for blastoff from southern California early on Thursday on a major Earth science project to conduct a comprehensive […] Read more
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NASA to conduct first global water survey from space
Data would bolster weather and climate forecasts

Commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus creates food solutions unit
Company to draw on existing oilseeds processing portfolio
Paris | Reuters — Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Co. (LDC) has created a food and feed solutions business line as part of efforts to diversify its activities in step […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise
Chicago wheat, corn values fall
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Tuesday, supported by a round of bargain buying after two days of losses as well as signs that export demand remains […] Read more

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn up on Black Sea export concerns
Chicago January soy falls
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rallied on Monday after a weekend attack that temporarily shut down key port for Ukrainian exports raised concerns about disruptions to […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures drag on bids
Futures drop to multi-month lows
MarketsFarm — Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) hit multi-month lows, which put pressure on Western Canadian wheat bids, during the week ended Thursday. Despite tighter wheat […] Read more

Belarus to allow Ukraine grain transit with no preconditions, U.N. says
Belarus still wants sanctions lifted off fertilizer
United Nations | Reuters — Belarus told the United Nations on Friday that it would allow, without preconditions, the transit of grain from Ukraine through its territory for export from […] Read more

U.S. lawmakers call for action over Mexico’s GM corn ban
Mexico says it's working on revisions
Mexico City | Reuters — A group of bipartisan U.S. lawmakers called on Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday to start consultations under the Canada-U.S.Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA) over Mexico’s […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on global stocks
Exports, South American weather underpin soy; corn steady
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans eased on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) increased its estimate of global ending stocks, though strong exports and South American weather […] Read more

USDA supply/demand estimates show only minor updates
MarketsFarm — Updated supply-and-demand (WASDE) tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture included only minimal adjustments to the U.S. and world numbers, with larger revisions likely in the New Year. […] Read more

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat, barley eschewed for other grains
Oats, corn finding demand as feed
MarketsFarm — Feed wheat and barley prices in Alberta’s feedlot alley are coming down, largely due to the increasing presence of corn imported from the U.S. The high-delivered bid for […] Read more