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EU Wheat Harvest Goes to the Pigs - Wheat - News | Agweb.com

EU Wheat Harvest Goes to the Pigs – Wheat – News | Agweb.com

"Pigs and cows in Germany may be feasting more on wheat this year as heavy rains threaten the harvest for the European Union’s second-biggest producer.

Germany is a major grower of high-protein wheat that’s essential for the country’s traditional flavors of darker, heavier bread. But this year, weeks of rain before the harvest mean that more of the crop will be less suitable for bakers and used…

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6 Rapeseed Futures Fall, as Policy Diverges Across the Pond | Agrimoney

6 Rapeseed Futures Fall, as Policy Diverges Across the Pond | Agrimoney

"On Wednesday the EPA announced an unexpectedly large boost to mandated US biofuel requirement for next year.

Export data showed the EU exported some 481,000 tonnes of soft wheat in the week to November 22.

Ukraine’s wheat exports ware up by some 9% in the July to October period, at 8.24m tonnes, analyst UkrAgroConsult.

Such a move is hardly unusual, but it will raise worrying memories of the…

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5 - EU Wheat Exports to Shrink, Shift Eastwards After Harvest Woes | WP

5 – EU Wheat Exports to Shrink, Shift Eastwards After Harvest Woes | WP

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) – A plunge in wheat production and uncertain crop quality in France could sideline the European Union’s top exporter from some overseas markets and push down overall EU wheat exports.

Yet within the EU, Romania and Bulgaria should benefit from bumper harvests, while Germany and Poland could win sales from France if rain does not spoil their crops, suggesting more exports…

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Strong Crop Ratings Keep Pressure on Corn, Soybean Prices | AgroNews

Strong Crop Ratings Keep Pressure on Corn, Soybean Prices | AgroNews

"Are US crops genetically modified to be indestructible?

Grain futures hardly staged, in early deals, what traders would call a ‘turnaround Tuesday’.

Ideas of corn and soybean futures fulfilling the Chicago adage that the second trading day of the week reverses a strong move on the first received a knock from US Department of Agriculture data overnight showing that recent Midwest heat had made no…

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Canola Futures Fall as Loonie Soars | WP

Canola Futures Fall as Loonie Soars | WP

"Canola futures fell Thursday as the Canadian loonie increased sharply.

At noon the loonie was at US77.02 cents, up more than two cents.

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it would likely increase interest rates only twice this year, down from the four increases projected in December.

The more dovish outlook pressured the American dollar lower, allowing the Canadian dollar to rise.

May…

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5X5 - 2. CROPS

5X5 – 2. CROPS

• 1 – Dairy Prices Fall Again at Quick-Fire Globaldairytrade Auction

"Dairy prices fell for a second successive GlobalDairyTrade auction – and at the quickest session in five years – amid ideas of an easing off in the bargain hunting which revived prices from their August low.

Prices at GlobalDairyTrade, the auction site run by New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, fell by 7.4% at Tuesday’s event,…

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5X5 - 1. NEWS

5X5 – 1. NEWS

• 1 – Barley Stocks Held by Top Exporters to Hit 20-Year Low

"Barley inventories held by major exporting countries – a key pricing metric – will fall by more than has been expected in 2015–16 to a 20-year low, the International Grains Council said, cutting its harvest estimate.

The council downgraded by 700,000 tonnes to a three-year low of 23.3m tonnes its estimate for overall world barley…

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5X5 - 2. CROPS

5X5 – 2. CROPS

• 1 – Dryness Takes Toll on EU Wheat, Rapeseed Hopes

"The retreat in expectations for European Union wheat output was underlined as officials cut harvest expectations, and warned that further downgrades may be in the offing, amid a rash of cautions over dryness.

The European Commission’s Mars agricultural meteorology unit, which last month flagged a “predominantly positive” outlook for the…

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