Wheat harvest is roughly three months away, and the industry value chain is assessing its needs for hard red winter wheat. Although no one defines the situation as critical, there […] Read more
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Nitrogen price and availability led to a drop in Ontario hard red wheat acres
U.S. grains: Wheat resumes fall after rain, soy up on technical trading
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) benchmark wheat futures fell on Wednesday after ticking up in the early session as much-needed rainfall reaches key wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Plains and southern Russia.
CBOT soybeans/corn rangebound, watching weather
Shifting weather forecasts have the potential to sway soybean and corn futures within sideways trading ranges over the next few weeks as farmers in the United States focus on spring seeding.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as soyoil plummets; wheat, corn sag
U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday as falling soyoil prices dragged down the soy complex amid weak demand, deliveries against the May futures contract and market uncertainty, traders said.
Prairie groups raise concerns about proposed Bunge-Viterra merger
Concentration of services at the Port of Vancouver, consolidation of crush capacity could cost producers billions, report says
A group of Prairie producer groups say the proposed merger between Bunge and Viterra is likely to cause substantial economic harm to farmers.
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as Russian rain forecast spurs profit taking
Chicago benchmark wheat futures WN24 fell more than two per cent on Monday, snapping a seven-session rally, as the crop outlook in top exporter Russia improved on forecasts for rain, analysts said.
Canola net short position edges lower
The managed money net short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest reporting period, as fund traders covered some of their bearish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures turned higher for a seventh trading day on Friday on a weather driven surge that pushed the most-active wheat […] Read more
Prairie wheat bids climb with U.S. futures
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada climbed higher during the week ended April 25, as a rally in United States futures provided support. Chart-based speculative buying was behind much of […] Read more
Latest USDA report supportive for corn; neutral to bearish for soybeans, wheat
Geopolitical risks, weather issues may create volatile grain and oilseeds markets this summer
Recent weather suggests Ontario planting will occur in line with the five-year average or slightly later. A later planted crop tends to result in lower yields. Quick lookSoybeans: Ontario soybean […] Read more