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U.S. grains: Soybean, soyoil futures slide on weak demand
KC wheat firms on demand optimism
U.S. soybean futures Sv1 fell 1.4 per cent on Thursday, pressured by weak export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed given strong competition from Brazilian supplies, along with sliding values for soybean oil, traders said.

Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime
Analysts suggest farmers will grow less barley
Feedlots continued to purchase corn imports from the United States, putting pressure on feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada. However, the prospective of fewer planted acres this spring could give prices a boost.

CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25
Southern U.S. cotton crop could cap soybean acres
As farmers in the United States get ready to plant their crops in 2024, there has been speculation of how much corn and soybeans they will plant.

U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar
Wheat futures ended up 2.4 per cent on technical buying and weakness in the dollar
Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday as uncertainty about crop prospects in South America and a setback in the dollar triggered a round of short-covering and lifted the benchmark corn contract Cv1 from three-year lows set last week, traders said.

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat
Gains limited by sizable South American crops; doubts over Chinese demand hangs over market
U.S. soybean futures Sv1 rose for a second straight session on Tuesday on technical buying and short covering after notching multi-year lows last week, although lacklustre demand and improved crop weather in top exporter Brazil limited gains.

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy
Crude oil futures rose almost 2 per cent on supply disruptions, supporting soy
U.S. soybean futures climbed on Monday as soyoil futures jumped 2.7 per cent on short-covering and strength in crude oil, traders said.

Geopolitics at play in world wheat markets
A smaller Australian crop and depleting Russian supplies could affect wheat prices in coming months
Ontario wheat, corn and soybean prices came under pressure in early January due to steady farmer selling and a stronger Canadian dollar. The freeze-up of the lake system tends to result in basis deterioration for commodities moving east. Producer selling will ease later in winter and export demand will improve for all grains and oilseeds. […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn futures decline for sixth week in a row
Short-covering, positioning and U.S. export demand advance corn and wheat Friday
U.S. corn futures lost ground for the sixth consecutive week and soybean futures declined the fifth week in a row after expectations for plentiful supplies pushed the markets to multi-year lows on Thursday.

Making row crops work with perennial cover crops
Learnings from an Ontario grower’s five years of on-farm research
Laurent “Woody” Van Arkel likes to push the boundaries of conventional thinking and strives to understand more about soil and crop interactions. Van Arkel, who farms near Dresden, has finished a five-year, on-farm research project as a participant in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Living Lab Ontario initiative in which he integrated perennial cover crops […] Read more

By the numbers – corn rootworm in 2023
Populations were lower but intensity in some regions was higher
Concerns about corn rootworm have increased in the past two years as numbers continue to rise across the province, particularly in areas where corn is a feed source for livestock. Two years ago, Tracey Baute, field crops entomologist with the Ontario agriculture department, noted that resistance to Bt Cry proteins had become an issue, where […] Read more