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It took a while, but durum prices are finally catching up to spring wheat prices because of shrivelling North American yield prospects. Durum is grown in the heart of the U.S. drought area of North Dakota and Montana. The hot and dry conditions have taken a heavy toll on the crop. In Canada, reduced acreage […] Read more
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Durum up, but still behind spring wheat
Storms in Argentina to slow last weeks of wheat sowing
BUENOS AIRES, July 24 (Reuters) – Storms in Argentina over the coming two weeks will slow the final stages of 2017-18 wheat planting, crop weather experts said on Monday, adding that flooded areas will likely be sown with soy once the moisture evaporates later this year. Argentina’s wheat-planting window ends in August. Heavy rains will […] Read more
LIVESTOCK-CME live cattle plunge 3-cent limit after USDA reports
CHICAGO, July 24 (Reuters) – Some Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts settled down the 3.000-cent per pound daily price limit on Monday following Friday’s bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture cattle reports, said traders. Friday’s USDA monthly Cattle-On-Feed report showed the largest June cattle placements for the month in 11 years. The twice-yearly U.S. cattle […] Read more
Drought fuels 11-year high in U.S. June feedlot cattle placements
By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, July 21 (Reuters) – Ranchers placed 16.1 percent more cattle in U.S. feedlots last month than in June 2016, making it the most for the month in more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported on Friday. Good profits for feedlots in June allowed them to buy more calves […] Read more
Crop futures end week on down note as weather improves
Rain in western Canada and an improved forecast for the U.S. Midwest weighed down crop futures on Friday. Corn notched the biggest decline, sagging 2.7 percent and falling below the key $4 a bushel level. “Corn was down all day long off of unexpected rains through the center of Iowa and a six-to-ten day model […] Read more
Improved cash prices lifts CME live cattle futures
CHICAGO, July 21 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished firmer on Friday, led by higher cash prices than earlier this week, traders said. Technical buying and futures’ discounts to cash returns provided more market support. Investors were awaiting the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle On Feed report on Friday at 2 […] Read more
Italy institutes origin labels for pasta and rice
ROME, July 20 (Reuters) – All packets of pasta and rice sold in Italy will have to include labels of origin showing where the produce was grown, the government ruled on Thursday, a move aimed at protecting local farmers. The agriculture and industry ministers signed a decree ordering the new labelling policy, saying it would […] Read more
Manitoba spring wheat falls to third place
The Brandon Wheat Kings junior hockey team may want to consider a name change now that hard red spring wheat has become the third string crop in Manitoba. For the first time since records have been kept, hard red spring wheat is not No. 1 or No. 2 in crop acreage in the province. Manitoba […] Read more
Rebound in red lentils up to Mother Nature
Dry conditions on parts of the Prairies will see production drop, but major export markets have sufficient stocks
VANCOUVER, B.C. — Red lentil markets are in gridlock, according to a panel of experts gathered at Pulses 2017. “The Canadian supply may be short, while on the other hand destination markets are full,” said Farhan Adam, chief executive officer with Marina Commodities Inc. “In short, it’s a standstill situation for Canadian lentils. The future […] Read moreEU rapeseed looks good
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) — The European Union will likely harvest a large rapeseed crop despite extreme weather from drought to excessive rain, experts said. “The crop is looking decent de-spite the weather extremes, and I would expect the EU’s rapeseed imports in the new 2017-18 season will be cut by about 500,000 tonnes to around […] Read more
