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Murray Wideman winner of Deutz-Fahr 2016 Top Sales Award in Canada

Wideman co-owns Minto Ag in Harriston, Ontario

Murray Wideman (left) of Minto Ag was recently presented with Deutz-Fahr of Canada's 2016 Sales Top Award by Yves Daoust, district manager for Ontario and Western Canada. This is the fourth consecutive year that Minto Ag has managed this achievement.

Deutz-Fahr is currently celebrating their 17th year serving the Canadian marketplace.

Deutz-Fahr's tractor history dates back to 1894 when a facility in Philadelphia manufactured a tractor with a 26hp engine. Since then, Deutz-Fahr has expanded its reach into Europe and North America. In 2014 the Deutz-Fahr 9340 TTV won the 2015 Golden Tractor for the Design award during the EIMA International Agricultural and Gardening Exhibition.


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Funds Ditch Ag Commodities, Chase Stocks Amid an End to Middle East War, & Trade Deal Buzz

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The 12-day war between Iran-Israel came to an end sending crude oil futures plunging as the big fund speculators removed the war risk premium.

The weather risk premium in the Ag complex is sending corn, wheat and soybean futures lower on month-end selling ahead of the market moving USDA quarterly grain stocks and acreage reports on June 30th.

Instead, funds were chasing and sending tech stocks higher with the S&P 500/NASDAQ indexes setting new all-time record highs!

June 1 USDA Hogs and pigs report was slightly bearish while the U.S. $ Index traded to new contract lows as the de-dollarization that began in 2014 continues.

Feed in the form of soybean meal futures for livestock producers got cheaper, trading to new contract lows.

The Stats Canada seeded acreage update was bullish canola and wheat.