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CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybean futures fall

U.S. export sales data in focus

By Mark Weinraub February 9, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped on Thursday, with rains in the U.S. Plains easing some concerns about crop health in that key growing area, traders said. Corn […] Read more

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Latest USDA adjustments do little to move market

Selling pressure short-lived after report

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 8, 2023

MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were neutral to slightly bearish for soybeans, corn and wheat, with latest numbers largely coming in line with […] Read more

ICE March 2023 canola with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column) and Canadian dollar value in U.S. dollars (red line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: March canola unchanged from last week

Loonie's relative strength seen as drag on values

By Adam Peleshaty February 8, 2023

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was once again trading rangebound for the week ended Wednesday, as the March contract was left unchanged from one week earlier at $828.20. […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn, soy firm on WASDE report

South America's weather drags on competing exports

By Christopher Walljasper February 8, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures firmed on Wednesday, supported by weather conditions in South America that hamper rival exports, though higher-than-expected U.S. supplies limited gains. […] Read more

An example image analysis flow for conventional weed detection algorithms to extract ginger plants from the background and to then identify purple nutsedge. The original image is first transformed into the hue, saturation, and value colour space, before image features such as mean colour channel statistics are calculated, thresholds applied through a deterministic algorithm, resulting in the identification of ginger plant.

Crops, Machinery

What’s next for precision spray application?

It’s AI technologies that incorporate a deeper learning, says Australian expert

By Matt McIntosh February 8, 2023

Guy Coleman, precision weed control researcher at the University of Sydney, says incorporating deep-learning capabilities into sprayer artificial intelligence (AI) systems will allow for ever more efficient weed control while […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea stocks down; lentils, dry peas up

Chickpea prices unchanged before report

By Glen Hallick February 8, 2023

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada on Tuesday tallied up increases in commercial and on-farm stocks of both lentils and dry peas, in its report on grain stocks as of Dec. 31, […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Grain stocks come in as projected

StatCan report deemed neutral for canola and spring wheat, supportive for durum

By Glen Hallick February 8, 2023

MarketsFarm — Stocks of Canadian grains at year-end appear to be pretty much in line with market expectations. Statistics Canada on Tuesday issued its report on stocks as of Dec. […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall ahead of USDA report

U.S. wheat futures end mixed

By Mark Weinraub February 8, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday as investors squared positions ahead of the U.S. government’s key monthly reports on global supply […] Read more

Crops

Absence of issues leads to January record for grain movement

CN, CP so far see 'calamity-free' 2022-23

By Glen Hallick February 7, 2023

MarketsFarm — So far this winter grain movement in Canada has yet to incur few — if any — major problems that have stymied rail shipments, according to Mark Hemmes, […] Read more

CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures fall on technical selling

Corn edges higher; wheat weak

By Mark Weinraub February 6, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped on Monday on a technical setback after rallying to the high end of recent trading ranges last week, traders said. Corn ended […] Read more

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