MarketsFarm — Cash wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher for the week ended Thursday. Gains were seen in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Western Amber Durum […] Read more
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Cash wheat: CWRS follows Minneapolis futures higher
U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday, as weather forecasts showed fewer yield risks to Midwest crops ahead of harvesting, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures finished near unchanged on Thursday after initially rising on hopes for further Chinese purchases, traders said. China, the world’s largest soybean importer, will […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags
MarketsFarm — The slide in western Canadian feed grain prices over the past few months shows signs of slowing, as concerns over harvest delays supplant earlier concerns over large crops […] Read more
Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes
MarketsFarm — Weather-related quality issues with North American spring wheat crops saw Minneapolis spring wheat futures rally sharply over the past three weeks, with more room to the upside as […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors worried U.S.-China trade relations could escalate and as thoughts of frost impacting U.S. Midwest yields began to ease, […] Read more
U.S. grains: MGEX spring wheat rallies to highest since mid-June
Chicago | Reuters — MGEX spring wheat futures rallied for the fifth day in a row on Tuesday as farmers harvesting in the northern U.S. Plains found that wet conditions […] Read more
U.S. grains: Minneapolis, K.C. wheat futures rise
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, rebounding from a sharp drop on Friday, on fresh export deals with China and rising concerns that rains in the […] Read more
Frost dates will be critical to corn and soybean marketing this year
The average frost free date in Ontario ends in early to mid-October
The average temperature in Ontario during August was two to three degrees Celsius below normal while most of the growing region experienced average precipitation. The corn and soybean crops need […] Read more
Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality
Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies […] Read more