Short term costs for long term gains – that’s what a Greenbelt Foundation report says farmers need to consider when it comes to building soil health. Released in early 2022, […] Read more
Soybeans
Calculating soil health returns
Greenbelt report highlights costs and returns of soil-supporting management practices
U.S. grains: Wheat falls on Russian production outlook
Exports underpin U.S. soybeans
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday on an expected increase in Russia’s crop that will compete with U.S. exports, already hampered by a strong U.S. dollar, traders […] Read more
Great Lakes Grain tour points to average corn and soybean year
Summer drought considered main limiting factor for corn
Early results from the annual Great Lakes Grain Crop Assessment Tour, which began Aug. 29, indicate Ontario’s corn and soybean crops should meet average yield and quality measures. Data gathered […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybean futures slump on global demand concerns
Traders eye favourable U.S. harvest weather
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures stumbled on Friday as rising crop sales in Argentina and warnings of a recession raised concerns about global demand for […] Read more
Corn, soybean prices likely to bottom out during harvest
Potential exists for interior prices to split from world values during this period
The Ontario growing region received normal precipitation during August and temperatures were also in line with the seasonal averages. Statistics Canada released its first model-based production estimate and Ontario yields […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall from two-month highs amid broad sell-off
USDA resumes weekly export sales data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, with profit-taking dragging wheat down from two-month highs, traders said. Broad-based selling added pressure on prices as […] Read more
Tar spot and fungicide application timings
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of September 14
Although tar spot was detected in Ontario in the first week of July the past two years, 2022 is much different than 2021 and shows the importance of environmental conditions […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report affecting corn, soybean prices
MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), released Monday, have since played a major role on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn down on technical setback
Chicago December wheat rises
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling as traders adjusted their positions following a market rally sparked by the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures dip on profit-taking
Chicago wheat firms
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures eased on Tuesday but remained near their nearly three-month highs as the government’s reduced forecasts for this year’s […] Read more
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