Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in more than two months on Monday, pressured by sluggish demand on the export front and some much-needed rain […] Read more
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U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits lowest since March
Soybeans, corn firm as oil rallies
U.S. grains: Wheat ends week down four per cent
Soybean, corn futures firm
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday and recorded their biggest weekly slide in a month, dragged down by rising global stockpiles and improving crop prospects in […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat holding fairly well
MarketsFarm — Feed prices for wheat and barley have softened over the last month, said Erin Harakal, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “Right now for wheat, we […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans drift lower on favourable crop prospects
CBOT July wheat up on short-covering
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures drifted lower on Thursday as generally favourable U.S. Midwest crop weather bolstered expectations for large harvests, analysts said. “We just don’t […] Read more
Bittersweet end for Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative
End of operations brings no losses for investors, with experience as interest
The Cellulosic Sugar Producers Co-operative (CSPC) has ceased to exist, though without financial losses for investors. The farmer-owned cooperative was originally formed to develop new processing opportunities for crop residues […] Read more
Planting progress in Ontario ahead of normal
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for May 14
Temperatures were well below seasonal for much of the past week due to the presence of an arctic air mass. Low night-time temperature records were set in many areas of […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat nears two-month low on export competition
Corn, soybean futures also sag
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures slid to a near two-month low on Wednesday, testing psychological support at the $5-per-bushel mark, pressured by forecasts for rising global grain supplies […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Global grain stocks exert pressure
MarketsFarm — A forecast of sizeable global ending stocks is weighing on values at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to Terry Reilly, senior commodity analyst for Futures International […] Read more
Grain farmers target prime minister with attack ad
Grain farmers have not got same the funding attention from government as other sectors of the economy
Ontario’s grain farmers have launched an ominous, American-style attack ad aimed at Canada’s prime minister. “You’ve already seen the empty shelves. The food supply chain is breaking,” says the advertisement, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn up despite USDA forecast for ballooning stocks
Soybeans drift lower; wheat weaker on improving crop weather
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn ended higher on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast U.S. corn stockpiles would top 3.3 billion bushels by the end of the […] Read more
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