MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) already set to release its monthly supply/demand estimates on Friday, the U.S. Labor Department threw in a curveball two days prior. […] Read more
Wheat
CBOT weekly outlook: Lower inflation, USDA report to impact markets
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans gain as U.S. crop ratings decline
Restart of Ukraine sea exports anchors wheat
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed to their highest in more than a week on Tuesday on lower weekly U.S. crop condition ratings and worries that […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip after Midwest rains
Traders looking ahead to USDA report on Friday
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Monday as improved weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest’s farm belt boosted harvest prospects for crops stressed recently […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall; corn rises; wheat eases as Ukraine trade watched
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday for the fourth session of the last five, pressured by forecasts for spotty Midwest rains that could boost the health […] Read more
The 2021-22 crop year will go down in history as one of the most volatile
Some advice on market behaviour, and how it repeats because human behaviour never changes
The Ontario growing season received average precipitation in June and July and temperatures were two to three degrees below normal. Crop conditions favour trend type yields for corn, soybeans and […] Read more
Ukraine seeks to extend shipping safe passage deal beyond grain
Istanbul/Kyiv | Reuters – Three grain ships left Ukrainian ports on Friday while the first inbound cargo vessel since Russia’s invasion was due in Ukraine to load, as Kyiv called […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from 6-month low; corn and soy also climb
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago wheat futures rose sharply on Thursday, rebounding from the prior session’s six-month low, buoyed by a weak dollar and talk of a pick-up in demand […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Recent storms not hurting yields
MarketsFarm – Recent bouts of severe weather in Alberta, most recently high winds and hail in the central region on Aug. 2, will not affect potential yields for feed grains, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit six-month low, soy weak, corn ends firm
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday, touching a six-month low with traders saying that newly harvested supplies were able to meet the current […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighing effects of international events
MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader […] Read more