Crops
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Monday and wheat futures firmed as a round of bargain buying supported commodities prices after a bearish global supply […] Read more
Crops
U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rally
Wheat up off lowest level since March 2021
Feed weekly outlook: Barley market steady for now
Feedlots still importing U.S. corn
MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada continue to hold steady, while attention in the market turns to the new crop going into the ground. “There currently is an […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: Bids soften
Chicago, Minneapolis wheats down on week
MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended Thursday, as the bearish influence of the extended Black Sea Grain Initiative more than countered any support […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago futures roil as U.S. debt ceiling talks halt
Wheat turns down, after technical bounce early in session
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures slid sharply on technical trading on Friday, as investors rushed to liquidate their positions ahead of the weekend, traders […] Read more
Firm Canadian chickpea market watching world production
Trade keeps eye on crops in Turkey, Russia, India
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers are in the early stages of planting the country’s next chickpea crop, with market conditions firm for the time being, ahead of new-crop harvests in other […] Read more
IGC boosts estimates for global corn, soy production
World wheat output expected down on year
MarketsFarm — The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday bumped up its forecast for total global grain production for 2023-24 to a record 2.294 billion tonnes, raising outputs for corn […] Read more
U.S. grains: July corn down on poor exports, strong crop prospects
CBOT soybeans, wheat also down; new-crop December corn up off decline
Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday to their lowest in 19 months, pressured by disappointing export data and prospects for big U.S. crops, analysts said. […] Read more
More than half of world’s large lakes drying up, study finds
Gains in Great Lakes, Lake Winnipeg come from runoff, rainfall
London | Reuters — More than half of the world’s large lakes and reservoirs have shrunk since the early 1990s, chiefly because of climate change, intensifying concerns about water for […] Read more
Three more ships approved under renewed Black Sea grain deal
Wheat futures down on news of renewal
London/United Nations | Reuters — Three new ships were authorized on Thursday to take part in a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, said the United […] Read more
Ontario field conditions on the upswing, so too the weeds
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of May 15
Conditions Field conditions across the province have improved vastly over the last ten days. With sunshine and temperatures in the high teens to even high twenties in some areas, planting […] Read more
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