Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched higher on Thursday while corn ended narrowly mixed after a choppy session as traders weighed poor crop prospects in Argentina against the […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher in choppy trade
CBOT corn mixed, wheat down; MGEX, K.C. wheats up
Feed weekly outlook: Grain bids quietly drift lower
Oats still making their way into feedlots
MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy down on stronger U.S. dollar, interest rate fears
Uncertainty over Black Sea deal underpins corn, wheat
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent on Wednesday and corn and soybeans followed the trend lower, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy eases off multi-month highs
Futures down as Brazil's harvest progresses; CBOT corn, wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday on profit-taking after Monday’s multi-month highs and fundamental pressure from the advancing harvest of a likely record-large soy crop in […] Read more
Russia says sanctions a barrier to Black Sea grain deal renewal
Reuters — Russia said Monday it would be “inappropriate” to extend the Black Sea grain deal unless sanctions affecting its agricultural exports are lifted and other issues are resolved. The […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soymeal touches highest since 2014
Spec buying, Argentina weather lifts meal futures; CBOT March corn, wheat, soybeans also up
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soymeal futures hit their highest in almost nine years on Monday on speculative buying and uncertainty about crop prospects in Argentina, despite recent rains, analysts […] Read more
Feds appoint new deputy ag minister, CFIA chief
Eleven senior civil servants shuffled
Canada’s government has lined up a new federal deputy minister for agriculture and a new president for the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, both to take office later this month. Prime […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat strong on concerns about Ukraine, Russian exports
Chicago corn, soy futures rise
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rallied on Friday, supported by concerns the grain deal allowing for Russian and Ukraine exports from Black Sea ports could splinter amid escalations […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat
Barley expected to go bullish in April, May
MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybean futures fall
U.S. export sales data in focus
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped on Thursday, with rains in the U.S. Plains easing some concerns about crop health in that key growing area, traders said. Corn […] Read more