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9 - Thoughts, Theories, Lots of Questions for 2017 | WP

9 – Thoughts, Theories, Lots of Questions for 2017 | WP

"This is the traditional time for lists of things likely or possible to happen in the coming year, so here are mine for 2017’s agricultural markets:

I throw this in here because it could actually happen and because most of the rest of my list is dismal.

If world growth begins grinding higher, that will boost demand for commodities and raise all our ships. Good luck with that.

If corn used for…

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1 - Ag Groups React To EPA's RFS Volume Announcement | AgWeb

1 – Ag Groups React To EPA’s RFS Volume Announcement | AgWeb

"This week the EPA finalized increases in renewable fuel volume requirements across all categories of biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard program. Under the revised rule, total renewable fuel volumes grow 6% or 1.2 billion gallons from 2016 to 2017. For ethanol specifically, the statutory level is now 15 billion gallons. ‘Renewable fuel volumes continue to increase across the board…

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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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5X5 - 5. US-NEWS

5X5 – 5. US-NEWS

• 1 – Expansion in U.S. ethanol on hold after blending targets slashed – AGCanada

"Chicago | Reuters – Expansion in the U.S. ethanol industry, stuck in neutral for more than a year as the government debated biofuel blending requirements, is now likely to come to a screeching halt.

With the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week essentially maintaining the so-called blend wall that…

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5X5 - 5. US-NEWS

5X5 – 5. US-NEWS

1 • CNH to Cut, Lay Off Staff in Saskatoon

"Under pressure from “market conditions,” farm equipment giant CNH plans both job cuts and layoffs at its Flexi-Coil seeding and tillage equipment plant in Saskatoon.

CNH Industrial said in a statement it will begin cutting 75 full-time positions at the plant in May. Employees were informed Monday of the coming cuts, the company said.

Another 338…

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