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U.S. Warns China To Fix GMO Rules.

China has been warned by the top U.S. negotiator for agricultural trade that confusion over its rules on genetically modified food imports must be eliminated by fall when U.S. soybean shipments normally pick up....

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Strong Corn, Soybean Export Sales.

Thursday morning's (June 13) USDA weekly export sales report showed stronger-than-expected sales of both U.S. corn and soybeans during the week ended June 6, while wheat sales remained weak....

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USDA Won't Ban Brazilian Soybeans. The USDA does not plan to impose any restrictions on imports of South American soy products despite a recent outbreak of a contagious soybean fungus there, department officials said on Thursday....

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Brock Survey Finds Fewer Corn Acres. During the last week of May, Brock Associates conducted an acreage survey of its e-mail subscribers and clients. Farmers from 19 states completing the survey, with a large majority of responses coming from the Midwest....

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Soybean Crush Remains Strong.

While the U.S. soybean crush dropped off seasonally in April, it remained solidly above a year earlier, according to the monthly Census Bureau fats and oils crush report. The report also showed...

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Weekly Corn Export Sales Surprise.

Thursday's weekly export sales report from USDA showed corn sales for the week ended May 9 far exceeded trade expectations, while soybean sales surpassed 1 billion bushels for the year. Wheat sales were again lackluster....

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Global Corn Stocks Shrinking.

There were no huge surprises in this morning's USDA report, but perhaps the most encouraging aspect is what has happened to world corn carryover the past three years....

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Senate Farm Bill Vote Wednesday.

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote on the farm bill Wednesday (5/8) with six hours of debate scheduled to precede that vote. Republicans demanded a lengthy debate of the bill, saying they wanted time to point out its flaws....

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Argentina Promises 2003 Export Tax Cut. Argentina’s government has promised farmers it will not further raise export taxes on grains, oilseeds, vegetable...

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Latest House, Senate Farm Bill Offers

Senate negotiators Thursday said a new compromise farm bill proposal put forward by the House delegation still did not raise crop supports enough and came back with a counter offer....