CNS Canada — Supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture held few surprises and had only limited effects on Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybeans — […] Read more
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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn hold in trading range
Argentina ag minister says grain export taxes on way out
Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentina’s incoming government will abolish export taxes on corn and wheat the day after it assumes office and reduce the export tax on soy by […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy seek direction
CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but both commodities remain rangebound overall and looking for an […] Read more
Argentina halts Europe-bound rice ‘impregnated with cocaine’
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine customs agents found about 30 kg of cocaine hidden in a way they had never seen before when drug-sniffing dogs found the drug had […] Read more
Farmers in soy powerhouse Argentina start five-day sales strike
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farmers started a five-day crop sales strike on Monday, part of an election-year push in the world’s No. 3 soybean exporter to change policies […] Read more
USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina
Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow fresh beef into the U.S. from Brazil and […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit six-week high on weather jitters
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Monday on concerns about tightening old-crop supplies and excessive rains trimming new-crop yield prospects, traders said. Wheat […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans to break below US$9 before summer half over
CNS Canada –– The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market showed some short-covering-related firmness during the week ended Wednesday, but the bias is still pointed lower for the oilseed. […] Read more
Argentine farmers say Monsanto soy contract breaks local law
Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine farm groups on Wednesday asked soy export companies to stop inspecting cargoes for bootlegged biotechnology at the behest of U.S. seed company Monsanto, the […] Read more
Argentine soy stocks double as farmer-government tensions rise
Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers have stockpiled more than twice as much soy this year than last, defying a government desperate to increase export tax revenue needed to […] Read more
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