MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley have swung a little higher over the last week — but it’s not due to feedlots needing a lot of the cereal, according to […] Read more
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Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat
World soybean output, stocks estimates chopped
MarketsFarm — Downward revisions to soybean numbers stand out the most in February’s grain market report from the International Grains Council (IGC). Otherwise, the monthly estimates have minor alterations. The […] Read more
Bayer rolling out short corn variety tolerant of weather extremes
Reuters — Global farm chemicals and seeds maker Bayer will launch a corn variety in the United States next year that it says will better tolerate heavy winds associated with […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rises on Ukraine-Russia tensions
Corn, soybean futures end firm
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.2 per cent on Thursday, supported by rising tensions between Ukraine and Russia and expectations that war between the two export countries […] Read more
Opinion: What is bioengineered food?
An agriculture expert explains
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines bioengineered food as food that “contains detectable genetic material that has been modified through certain lab techniques that cannot be created through conventional breeding or […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Russia-Ukraine conflict causes wheat market volatility
MarketsFarm — Conflicting reports and accounts from the ongoing geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine have had an effect on the markets, especially on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise as traders watch weather
Chicago wheat futures flat
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Wednesday, rising 2.3 per cent to halt a two-day fall with the market underpinned by concerns that forecast rain may be […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall as fears of Black Sea disruption retreat
Soybeans down on chance of South America rain
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat and corn futures fell on Tuesday as Moscow’s announcement that some of its troops were returning to base after drills tempered […] Read more
South American soy, corn crops face major disaster
MarketsFarm — With intense heat and very little rain, soybean and corn crops have been having a very tough time in South America, according Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on South American rainfall
Wheat underpinned by Black Sea supply worry; corn adds on strong export inspections
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Monday, pressured by rainfall in parts of South America that could refresh parched crops as Argentina and southern Brazil near harvest. CBOT […] Read more