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CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy end higher but below session peaks

Weaker U.S. dollar supportive

By Mark Weinraub October 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures edged higher on Friday, recovering from overnight weakness on spillover support from friendly outside markets, traders said. “Equities went from […] Read more

The western bean cutworm (WBC) research plot in Exeter. M.Sc. student Josee Kelly is currently completing her second year of field trials, where she has been infesting plots with WBC larvae at different stages and applying insecticides at different times to determine the most effective time for application.

Crops

Pest management research in dry beans largely grower-led

White mould and western bean cutworm control among top priorities

By Rebecca Hannam October 21, 2022

Research results from the University of Guelph’s Ridgetown campus are equipping bean growers with new knowledge to make informed pest management decisions. Chris Gillard, associate professor in the department of […] Read more

Corn west of Mitchell, Man. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports pressure grain prices in Lethbridge

By Adam Peleshaty October 20, 2022

MarketsFarm — With harvesting operations winding down, high-delivered bids for feed barley and wheat in Alberta are higher compared to the same time last month and last year. However, there […] Read more

File photo of vessels on the Mississippi River south of New Orleans on Nov. 5, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Shallow Mississippi River expected to persist as dry winter hits U.S. South

River levels at historic lows this fall

By Karl Plume October 20, 2022

Reuters — Low water levels on the Mississippi River are likely to persist this winter as drier-than-normal weather is expected across the southern U.S. and Gulf Coast, U.S. government forecasters […] Read more

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, blue and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures rally on strong exports

Chicago corn, wheat also firm

By Mark Weinraub October 20, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 1.4 per cent on Thursday as strong export data buoyed hopes that overseas buyers will book more deals in coming weeks. Corn […] Read more

Gary Millershaski inspects winter wheat stunted by drought near Syracuse, Kansas, in May during the Wheat Quality Council’s Kansas wheat tour. Conditions for planting the new crop this fall are also expected to remain dry.

Crops, News

Conditions grim for U.S. winter wheat planting

La Nina is expected to stick around for a rare third year, likely resulting in another dry fall for southern plains farmers

By Sean Pratt October 20, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – Conditions are ripe for another poor start for the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop, but there could be a massive Brazilian soybean harvest next year, say […] Read more

ICE January 2023 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and 100-day moving average (black line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees choppy, sideways month-end trade

Wide crush margins remain bullish

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 19, 2022

MarketsFarm –– ICE Futures canola contracts held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction with the rolling of positions out of the nearby November […] Read more

File photo of the Hernando de Soto Bridge as viewed from the Mud Island River Park at Memphis. (Akrassel/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Ukraine talks, low Mississippi River pressure prices

Outside forces pile on seasonal harvest pressures

By Adam Peleshaty October 19, 2022

MarketsFarm — Ongoing harvests for corn, wheat and soybeans in the U.S. and a strong U.S. greenback are putting pressure on markets in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). However, […] Read more

An office of a 50-hectare rice farm is submerged in floodwater from the Benue river at Makurdi in central Nigeria on Oct. 1 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde)

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Nigeria’s flooding spreads to Delta, upending lives, livelihoods

Over a million acres of farmland damaged, wrecked

By Angela Ukomadu October 19, 2022

Rivers State, Nigeria | Reuters — People wade through fast-flowing water, holding one another to avoid being swept away, balancing suitcases, clothing and food on their heads. The torrent was, […] Read more

CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat weak on export concerns

Chicago November soybeans end firm

By Mark Weinraub October 19, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Wednesday as weak demand on the export market weighed on prices. Soybeans ended in positive territory, but concerns that […] Read more

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