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CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black 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 up on reports of Russian missiles hitting Poland

January soybeans also close higher

By Tom Polansek November 15, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures rallied on Tuesday as reports that Russian missiles crossed into Poland raised concerns about escalating political tensions, market analysts said. A senior U.S. […] Read more

‘If grain has always been a tool of war, the criminal syndicate disguised as a country that is Russia has taken it to a whole new level.’ – Gord Gilmour.

News

Guest editorial: The Great Grain Robbery II

By Gord Gilmour November 4, 2022

Glacier FarmMedia – I suppose theft of grain has always been part of war. Armies have always foraged for food, and victors have frequently carried away these spoils of war. One […] Read more

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Watch for canola to climb higher

By Glen Hallick November 2, 2022

MarketsFarm – There’s the possibility of the nearby January canola contract reaching upwards to C$1,000 per tonne, according Winnipeg-based analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain. “I think you got canola […] Read more

“It’s pretty hard to digest, but I still say Russia needs money. They don’t want to stop any grain shipments that they can…” says one Illinois commodity trader. Photo: MaxZolotukhin/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Russian flip-flop upsets markets, little change after Fed announcement

By Adam Peleshaty - Marketsfarm November 2, 2022

MarketsFarm – A pair of announcements affected the Chicago Board of Trade by different magnitudes on Nov. 2. Four days after Russian officials said the country was pulling out of […] Read more

Cargo ship Despina V, carrying Ukrainian grain, is seen in the Black Sea off Kilyos near Istanbul, Turkey November 2, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Markets

Ukraine grain export deal back on as Russia resumes participation

By Ali Kucukgocmen, Pavel Polityuk November 2, 2022

Ankara/Kyiv | Reuters – Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had […] Read more

Commercial vessels including vessels which are part of Black Sea grain deal wait to pass the Bosphorus strait off the shores of Yenikapi during a misty morning in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Umit Bektas

Markets

U.N.’s Black Sea grain deal continues without Russia

By Nigel Hunt October 31, 2022

London | Reuters – Grain was flowing out of Ukraine at a record pace on Monday under an initiative led by the United Nations aimed at easing global food shortages […] Read more

Grain ships carrying Ukrainian grain are seen in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine October 30, 2022.
Photo: Reuters/Serhii Smolientsev

Markets

Russia halts Ukraine Black Sea grain exports, Biden outraged

By David Ljunggren October 30, 2022

Reuters – Russia on Saturday suspended participation in a U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal after what it said was a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Crimea, dealing […] Read more

Bunge’s refined and specialty oils segment turned in stronger quarterly earnings in the Americas and Europe. Photo: Thinkstock

Crop merchant Bunge raises full-year profit outlook

By Karl Plume October 26, 2022

Agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd BG.N on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings outlook after posting an adjusted third-quarter profit that topped expectations, sending its shares up about 2 per cent […] Read more

A wheat field near the village of Zhovtneve, Ukraine in 2016. Photo: Reuters/Valentyn Ogirenko/File

Crops

Ukraine keeps 2023 winter wheat sowing area forecast unchanged despite delays

By Pavel Polityuk October 25, 2022

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine is keeping its forecast of the winter wheat sowing area for the 2023 harvest unchanged at 3.8 million hectares despite a delay caused by unfavourable […] Read more

It had been hoped that the resumption of grain exports from Ukraine would improve crop availability, but shipments have been too few and drought threatens harvests around the world.

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Global grain stocks near worrying decade low

The world’s buffer stocks of corn will be enough for just 80 days’ worth of consumption by the end of 2022-23 crop year

By Reuters October 19, 2022

The world is heading toward the tightest grain inventories in years despite the resumption of exports from Ukraine because the shipments are too few and harvests from other major crop […] Read more