Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn ended lower on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture assessed global supply and demand within analyst estimates. Wheat strengthened as global supply shrank […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Corn eases after WASDE report
Wheat futures firm on tight stocks; soybeans fall on South American production

Feed weekly outlook: Alternatives in greater demand
MarketsFarm — Price increases for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada have caused more feeders to look elsewhere for sustenance for their livestock. Prices over the last year have […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on exports, ethanol
Dry weather expected to slow U.S. spring wheat seeding; soy steady ahead of WASDE
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed on Thursday on export optimism and positioning ahead of the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly supply and demand report, out on Friday, traders […] Read more

Manitoba’s education tax phase-out begins
Budget pledges a 25 per cent rebate cheque in 2021; existing farmland school tax rebate to be reduced
Manitoba’s latest budget follows through on a move the government telegraphed in last fall’s throne speech, by starting a phased removal of education tax on farm and residential properties. Finance […] Read more

U.S. grains: Wheat lifted on spring planting concerns
Near-term tightness in world supply underpins soy, corn
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Wednesday, following the Minneapolis Grain Exchange’s hard red spring wheat higher on concerns that dryness across the U.S. Great Plains could […] Read more

Saskatchewan to pare school tax mill rate for farmland
EPT mill rates to rise for residential, other properties
Saskatchewan’s latest budget taps down the education property tax (EPT) mill rate it sets on farmland, while raising those mill rates on other property classes. The provincial government, in Tuesday’s […] Read more

Record-level grain handles continue for CN, CP
MarketsFarm — Canada’s two largest railways both reported new highs in grain movement for March and for their first fiscal quarters. Canadian National Railway (CN) announced Monday it had moved […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on tight near-term supply
CBOT corn mixed, wheat lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures gained on Tuesday as traders assessed the impact of a lower-than-expected U.S. plantings forecast and a rain-delayed harvest in Brazil on ever-tightening supplies […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybean futures advance on supply concerns
Traders watch U.S. planting progress, crop weather
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures jumped on Monday on concerns about U.S. supplies dwindling due to strong export demand and smaller-than-expected plantings. The U.S. Department […] Read more

U.S. grains: CBOT May corn retreats after 7-1/2-year high
Deferred corn contracts climb; May soy, wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. nearby corn futures declined on Thursday on profit-taking after the benchmark contract climbed to its highest since 2013, bolstered by a U.S. Department of Agriculture […] Read more