Canadian crop commodity groups getting federal AgriMarketing funding plan to put the money to work over five years — not just in salesmanship, but in developing their crops’ story for […] Read more
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Federal funding pledged for crop market development work
U.S. livestock: Active fund selloff extends CME live cattle losses
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle fell for a seventh straight session on Wednesday as funds liquidated positions in association with their yearly rebalancing of commodities, traders […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn falls to five-week low on big ethanol supply, technicals
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn fell one per cent on Wednesday, extending declines from the past two sessions to the largest in 1-1/2 years on pressure from chart-based selling […] Read more
Brazil says key soy road won’t be paved until 2016
Brasilia | Reuters –– An important road for soy and corn shipments linking to ports in northern Brazil will not be paved until 2016, the country’s transport minister said on […] Read more
Russia seen adding new informal grain export curbs in 2015
Moscow | Reuters — Russia has strengthened informal curbs on grain exports since the start of the year, further complicating trading before the introduction of an export tax, a Russian […] Read more
U.S. shippers say West Coast ports near gridlock on stalled contract talks
San Francisco | Reuters — Cargo traffic at several of the biggest U.S. West Coast ports has slowed to near gridlock, negotiators for shipping lines and terminal operators for 29 […] Read more
Canola cash market lagging strength in ICE futures
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola futures have strengthened recently, but the western Canadian cash market for canola hasn’t followed along. Farmers “keep telling me that the futures go […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn down most since June
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn tumbled the most since June and soybean futures extended declines to a one-month low on Tuesday as plentiful global stockpiles triggered massive liquidation of […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble on more fund liquidation
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle posted heavy losses on Tuesday after funds kept selling February long contracts while simultaneously rolling them into back months, traders said. […] Read more
Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says
Berlin | Reuters — Disagreements about food safety and farming are not likely to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S., Germany’s […] Read more