Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Tuesday as Argentina’s decision to offer farmers a better exchange rate for their crops threatened to raise export […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall 1.5 per cent
CBOT corn, wheat firm
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans bounce ahead of long weekend
U.S. dollar down on labour market data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on a short-covering bounce ahead of a three-day U.S. holiday weekend, led by strength in crude oil […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on economic concerns
U.S. Midwest's harvest nears
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than four per cent and corn and soybeans slipped on Thursday on mounting concerns about a global economic slowdown, analysts said, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn dips but still posts monthly gain
CBOT soy lower, wheat up
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for a second session on Wednesday on profit-taking at the end of the month and mounting recession worries, but the market nonetheless […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn down on recession fears, profit-taking
Corn falls off two-month top; soy, wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, joining broad declines in commodities and equity markets as traders fretted about the health of the global […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn hits two-month high on heat, dryness concerns
Soybeans ease as crop tour sees large U.S. harvest
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures set a two-month high on Monday after a U.S. crop tour last week found damage from hot, dry weather and […] Read more
Canadian crop production bounces back, StatCan reports
Wheat at higher end of trade projections
MarketsFarm — After 2021’s historic drought on the Prairies caused crop production to fall to historic lows, the 2022 harvest has mostly bounced back to pre-drought levels, according to Statistics […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn up on crop tour’s lowered expectations
Hot, dry weather seen limiting U.S. corn, soy yields
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures jumped on Friday on concerns about hot and dry weather reducing U.S. yields, analysts said. After the close […] Read more
Strip till a matter of helping the soil and lowering costs
Adoption rate is slow, but tools are available for growers to learn more
Twenty years ago, growers were less likely to adopt strip till on their farms, primarily because the practice lacked an immediate payback with higher yields. It didn’t help that early […] Read more
Making the case for low-pressure tires and waiting out the wet
Last fall’s harvest weather increased compaction risk
Signs of soil compaction are evident across Ontario this year due to persistently wet weather during the harvest and wheat planting seasons in fall 2021, crop consultant Peter Johnson told […] Read more