Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures closed fractionally higher on Friday and corn ended flat, stabilizing as wider financial markets regained some ground after plummeting on fears of the […] Read more
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U.S. grains: Wheat firm, corn flat as financial markets steady
CBOT soybean futures sag
U.S. ethanol industry ‘bleeding’ on oil collapse, coronavirus
New York | Reuters — U.S. ethanol producers are feeling the pain as margins on the corn-based fuel slumped this week to an eight-year low for this time of year, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop to six-month lows
Wider markets sell-off continues
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell to six-month lows on Thursday as another rout on Wall Street underscored uncertainty about economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic […] Read more
Researchers develop a quick test for DON
Science Notes: Innovation could reduce toxins harmful to both animals and humans
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre (CDC) have developed a fast and accurate method for identifying and quantifying toxins in fusarium-infected cereal grain, an innovation that could […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Markets focused on virus, oil prices, stocks
MarketsFarm — From where Steve Georgy sits, commodity markets such as the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are currently focused on only three things. One is the COVID-19 coronavirus — […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat decline as Wall Street tumbles
Chicago soy turns lower
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and wheat futures declined on Wednesday, following as Wall Street equity markets fell sharply on fears of the coronavirus causing a global recession and […] Read more
USDA’s supply and demand report largely stands pat
MarketsFarm — Any changes in the latest monthly supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Tuesday were few and far in between when it came […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn follow broad market rebound
Investors keep eye on stimulus proposals
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures each rose for the first time in four sessions on Tuesday as expectations of policy action to curb economic fallout from […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn follow as global markets slump
Wheat turns higher
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell more than two per cent on Monday and corn fell nearly one per cent as concern over the economic fallout from the […] Read more
Ethanol makers see demand surge on hand sanitizer stockpiling
Reuters — Some ethanol producers worldwide said demand is up for their products due to customers stockpiling hand sanitizer — which can be made using the biofuel — as the […] Read more