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Accounting probe hits ADM as crop glut, lower margins point to tough 2024

ADM shares fell 24 per cent Monday as news of accounting issues broke

By Karl Plume, Reuters January 23, 2024

An investigation into accounting practices in Archer-Daniels-Midland's ADM.N Nutrition segment could not come at a worse time for the company as sinking crop prices look set to erode profit for its core grain trading and processing businesses this year.

How El Niño threatens emerging market economies

Significant changes to rainfall, or prolonged droughts, could also impact hydropower output, boost food, fuel prices

By Jorgelina do Rosario, Libby George August 4, 2023

London | Reuters – Countries around the world are battling heatwaves and floods fueled by El Niño, a naturally occurring climate phenomenon that has a 90 per cent probability of […] Read more

Green lentils. (Savany/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: lentils poised to go either way pricewise

Everything is dependent on the yields come harvest says analyst

By Glen Hallick August 1, 2023

MarketsFarm – Before the harvest of lentils gets underway across the Canadian Prairies, there has been some speculation as to which way prices could go, according to Levon Sargsyan of […] Read more

Crops

Bunge reportedly ready to replace CEO

By Reuters December 7, 2018

Reuters — Bunge Ltd. is preparing to replace its CEO Soren Schroder as the global grains trader faces investor pressure, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources. The […] Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington on June 18. (Photo: Reuters/Leah Millis)

Crops

Trump’s tariff war threatens to erode support of farmers

By Mark Weinraub June 18, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — President Donald Trump’s tariff battle with key buyers of U.S. apples, soybeans and corn threatens the support of some of his biggest backers — U.S. farmers […] Read more

Organic soybeans are in high demand in the U.S., but that demand hasn’t force significant price movement yet.

Markets, News

Organic commodity prices still hard to track

By John Greig April 25, 2018

Solid information on organic crop pricing remains elusive, especially for the Canadian market. There are similar problems in the rest of the world where fraud and a lack of data […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Fertilizer prices look to rise by late summer

By Dave Sims May 10, 2016

CNS Canada — A rise in prices for soybeans and other crops could make fertilizer more expensive in the coming months, according to a major player in the industry. In […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Trends for 2016: Pulses expected to steal acres from cereals

By Jade Markus December 23, 2015

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are expected to seed more pulse crops at the expense of cereals in 2016, according to early projections from industry experts looking at current market […] Read more

Average sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies (°C) for the week centred May 6. Anomalies are computed with respect to the 1981-2010 base period weekly means. (CPC.ncep.noaa.gov)

Crops, Markets

U.S. sees El Nino as near-certain to last through summer

By Reuters May 14, 2015

New York | Reuters — The El Nino climate phenomenon is almost certain to last through the Northern Hemisphere summer, the U.S. weather forecaster said, raising the chance of heavy […] Read more