Soybean harvest 2014.

Steady harvest strains grain infrastructure

Good weather has kept combines running from soybean to corn harvest across Ontario at quick pace

Ontario grain handlers are struggling under the faster-than-normal progression of soybean harvest into corn harvest. There are no reports of Ontario corn being stockpiled on the ground, but “with the vessel delays that we’ve seen at ports, there’s sometimes nowhere for the corn to go,” said Hensall Co-op grain originator and marketer Berkley Fedorchuk. “We’ll make things work as best we can.”







Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

CBOT soybeans/corn in ‘tug-o-war’

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were pressured by losses in crude oil over the past week, but uncovered support and could see some choppiness ahead of the United States election. The commodities were in a 'tug-o-war' as large supplies were countered by good demand.

U.S. soybean crush sees record high for September

U.S. soybean crush sees record high for September

Healthy crush margins are enhancing domestic demand in Ontario and U.S

Corn and soybean prices are hovering near seasonal lows and are expected to percolate higher throughout November and December. Wheat prices have come off their highs in the short term but we’re expecting them to trend higher after the Southern Hemisphere harvest.