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

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip after Midwest rains

Traders looking ahead to USDA report on Friday

By Karl Plume August 8, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Monday as improved weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest’s farm belt boosted harvest prospects for crops stressed recently […] Read more

Markets

China’s U.S. ag imports soar to new highs in 2022, but volumes vary

By Karen Braun August 5, 2022

Naperville, Ill. | Reuters – China is on track to be the leading international buyer of U.S. agricultural products for a third consecutive year, as the total value of exported goods […] Read more

Nitrogen deficiency symptoms can appear due to lack of mineralized N in the soil.

Crops, News

Improved nitrogen testing may be around the corner

OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of August 1

By OMAFRA Field Crop Team August 4, 2022

Ontario’s corn crop is past the halfway point at this time and is left to Mother Nature’s will to help mature the corn and give us a decent harvest. For […] Read more

Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Recent storms not hurting yields

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm August 4, 2022

MarketsFarm – Recent bouts of severe weather in Alberta, most recently high winds and hail in the central region on Aug. 2, will not affect potential yields for feed grains, […] Read more

Hot weather in the Plains and Midwest regions of the United States is affecting crop conditions, but how much of an effect it will have on yields come harvest time is unknown. Photo: Thinkstock

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighing effects of international events

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm August 3, 2022

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader […] Read more

Crops

Manitoba crops variable: report

By MarketsFarm August 3, 2022

MarketsFarm – Crop development was highly variable across Manitoba during the week ended Aug. 2 depending on localized rainfall and drainage, with fields in the southern growing areas of the […] Read more

As grain prices fall, food prices to ease first in developing world -U.S. official

By Ana Mano July 26, 2022

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Seth Meyer, chief economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, said on Tuesday weaker commodities prices will take longer to ease food inflation in the […] Read more

Dry conditions in June and July will have more of an effect on corn than soybeans, but improvements in genetics should help keep yields from dipping drastically.

Crops

Give thanks to drought-tolerant corn hybrids

Modern genetics and management should help keep corn yields in the three-digit range despite prolonged dry conditions

By Matt McIntosh July 26, 2022

Extended dryness is affecting corn and soybean fields across much of Ontario’s main growing regions. Such conditions allow decades of improvements in drought tolerance genetics to shine. “I remember in […] Read more

According to the most recent Statistics Canada acreage survey, Ontario farmers planted 2.276 million acres of corn this spring, a six per cent increase over the 2021 planted area.

Markets, Markets/Business

North American acreage surveys show increase in corn, soybean plantings

Average yields expected in Ontario due to dry weather

By Jerry Klassen July 25, 2022

A large portion of the Ontario growing region received less the 40 per cent of normal precipitation between June 10 and July 10. Temperatures were 3 C below normal across […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Speculative net short position grows in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — The speculative net short position in ICE Futures canola grew during the week ended Tuesday, as fund traders liquidated long positions and opened some new shorts, according to […] Read more