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New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday issued biofuel blending mandates for 2022 and the prior two years — with this year’s number below one […] Read more
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U.S. EPA sets 2020-2022 biofuel mandates, denies refiners waivers
U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag as traders eye Ukraine export negotiations
Soybeans ease following export-fuelled gains; corn also lower
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures weakened on Friday as traders monitored diplomatic talks aimed at resuming shipments of Ukrainian grain stalled since Russia’s invasion, analysts said. […] Read more
CNH buys spray boom manufacturing capacity
Specialty Enterprises has supplied Case IH with booms
A Wisconsin company that has supplied aluminum spray booms for Case IH sprayer product lines has been brought in-house. CNH Industrial, owner of the Case IH and New Holland brands, […] Read more
New large-scale distillery an opportunity for grain growers
Crown Royal parent company announces plans for distillery near Sarnia
More than 60 years after the most recent large-scale construction of an alcoholic beverage distillery in Canada, Britain-based Diageo is set to break ground this summer near Sarnia on a […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Rains forecast for southern Alberta
MarketsFarm — The prospect of rain over drought-stricken southern Alberta, with Calgary and Lethbridge possibly seeing at least 30 millimetres from June 4 to 7, would seem to be a […] Read more
U.N. aid chief in Moscow to discuss Ukraine grain exports
Russia says will guarantee grain vessels' safety
Reuters — U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths is in Moscow on Thursday and Friday to discuss clearing the way for exports of grain and other food from Ukraine’s Black Sea […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat firms after earlier slide
Corn struggles to regain; soy firm
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Thursday after reaching two-month lows as liquidation by investment funds abated and supply tensions remained despite talks to reopen Ukrainian ports […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn down on Ukrainian export optimism
Soybeans firm on biofuel talk
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat sank on Wednesday for a second straight session to the lowest in nearly two months, as the market gauged diplomatic talks to unblock Ukrainian […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: ‘Meltdown’ not yet on canola market radar
MarketsFarm — There’s more to the sharp decline in U.S. wheat and corn futures than the possibility of Ukrainian exports returning to the global market along with the massive liquidation […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Fund liquidation weighs on grains, oilseeds
MarketsFarm — Soybean, corn and wheat futures in the United States all found themselves under pressure as the calendar flipped from May to June, with both the fundamental and technical […] Read more
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