Crops
MarketsFarm — Argentina’s 2022-23 soybean crop is likely much smaller than official projections as high temperatures and a lack of moisture cut into yields, according to an update from the […] Read more
Crops
Argentina soybean crop smaller than expected, USDA attaché says
ICE weekly outlook: Choppy trading for canola, other oilseeds
Signals not pointing to course change for now
MarketsFarm — Expect canola and other oilseed markets to remain choppy for the time being, according to trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “All of the markets are […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighs U.S. Fed rate hike announcement
'People are returning to the Argentine situation'
MarketsFarm — Week-long rallies for grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were disrupted by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest key interest rate announcement on Wednesday. The Fed […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy sags as Brazil’s harvest looms
Wheat mixed, corn ends firm
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about one per cent on Wednesday as traders focused on the expanding harvest of a likely record-large soy crop in Brazil and […] Read more
Many physiological factors driving corn yield growth
Agronomics and genetics interact in many ways and depend on each other for corn yield success
Do genetics or agronomics have the greatest influence on corn? That question was posed by Dave Hooker, a researcher with the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus at the recent Ontario […] Read more
Bayer under investor pressure to speed up CEO changeover
Drug and chem firm's stock in 'crisis of trust,' investor says
Frankfurt | Reuters — A top-10 shareholder in Bayer on Tuesday called on the group’s supervisory board to replace CEO Werner Baumann quickly, adding to investor pressure to restore trust […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play
India extends zero-rate tariff
MarketsFarm — An extension of zero-rate tariffs on lentils moving into India for another year should be a clear sign that the country is in the market for imports. However, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures firm; technical resistance weighs
Chicago soybeans up, corn down
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Tuesday as traders eye winter wheat conditions across the U.S. Plains amid a second frigid cold snap this season, though futures […] Read more
Spec short position grows in canola
Managed money net long in soy, corn
MarketsFarm — Speculators were busy adding to their growing net short position in canola during the week ended Jan. 24, according to the latest Commitments of Traders (CoT) report compiled […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as Argentina drought worries persist
Cold snap in U.S. brings renewed wheat damage fears
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans climbed on Monday, underpinned by concern that drought-damaged crops in Argentina could face more dry weather. Wheat inched higher after climbing to four-week highs […] Read more
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