MarketsFarm — Despite drought conditions throughout southern Manitoba decimating crops during the summer, late rain showers in some areas are improving harvests of one crop in particular. Precipitation in August helped improve the sunflower seed harvest in areas of Manitoba, with the province reporting on Oct. 13 average yields of more than 2,000 lbs. per […] Read more
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Rains make sunny days for sunflower crops
CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn strength impressive for time of year
MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have posted solid gains over the week ended Wednesday, recovering after bearish yield and stocks data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture sparked a selloff a week earlier. Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago used “pretty impressive” to describe the latest strength […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures fall on big grain stocks, export pace
CBOT wheat falls on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures dipped to a four-week low on Wednesday as the grain markets continued to feel pressure from higher than expected forecasts of U.S. supplies, traders said. Soybean futures fell further, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected U.S. soybean and corn ending stocks were above the […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans touch last December’s lows
Soy, corn production bigger than previously expected, USDA says
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures dropped on Tuesday to the lowest seen since December 2020, after a U.S. government report pegged soybean and corn production to be bigger than traders had previously expected. The monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report pegged the soybean crop at 4.448 billion bushels, and soybean […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. corn, soybean carryovers could increase
Declines expected for wheat stocks
MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), expectations are for corn and soybean ending stocks to increase, according to Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc., in McHenry, Ill. “The wheat market could see carryout numbers decline slightly on this report,” he added. USDA is scheduled […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat extends climb on tight U.S. supply
CBOT soy down; corn and oats up
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures hit a six-week high on Friday, rallying for a second day in a row on smaller-than-expected stocks and production figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Corn futures followed wheat higher while soybeans fell to multi-month lows after USDA on Thursday reported larger-than-expected U.S. soy inventories. Chicago Board […] Read more
Tight U.S. soybean, corn stocks still beat expectations
MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn ending stocks in the U.S. may have been down sharply from the previous year, but still came in above trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly stocks report. That data in turn weighed on futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybean stocks in the country as […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat move higher
New USDA stocks data due out Thursday
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from declines a day earlier, as traders adjusted positions ahead of a key quarterly stocks report from the U.S. government, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat futures also advanced, with all three commodities bucking pressure from a sharply higher U.S. dollar. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn down off four-week top
CBOT oats down off 7-1/2-year high; soy, wheat also down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent on Tuesday on macroeconomic worries as the dollar strengthened and crude oil futures turned down, and on harvest-related selling as combines rolled in the heart of the Midwest crop belt, analysts said. Soybeans and wheat followed the weak trend. Chicago Board of […] Read more
AAFC lowers ending stocks estimates on crops
MarketsFarm — Canadian producers will see much tighter grain and oilseed stocks at the end of the current 2021-22 marketing year than what was expected last month, while those for pulse and special crops remain mostly steady. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) September supply/demand estimates, released Friday, project 2021-22 ending stocks for all principal field […] Read more
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