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CBOT weekly outlook: Soy futures find support, but upside limited

Corn activity mainly bearish

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MarketsFarm — Solid export demand, a short squeeze by fund traders and production uncertainty in South America have all propped up Chicago soybean futures over the past week, with more gains possible ahead of the year-end before correcting lower, according to an analyst. With the South American harvest still some time away, “you might have […] Read more
ICE January 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still rangebound but upside possible

Crush margins expected to stay high for now

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MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market traded within a certain range for the week ended Wednesday, but one trader believes that wide crush margins will take prices over the psychological resistance level. Since nearly hitting the $900 per tonne mark on Nov. 15, the January canola contract declined for eight straight sessions before going […] Read more
ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines) and CBOT December 2022 soyoil (black line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

'I think (farmers) are undersold'

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MarketsFarm — A huge drop in canola prices could be looming, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. Palmer pointed to Prairie farmers and said, “I think they are undersold.” He surmised too many farmers have held off from selling their canola, in hopes of getting a great price the next time […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Fears over soy scarcity now gone

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MarketsFarm – Soyoil prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have been tumbling of late largely due to the markets no longer being afraid of already tight global supplies becoming scarcer, according to Sean Lusk of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago, Ill. Lush explained that the South American soybean crop wasn’t as bountiful […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 soyoil (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (dark green line) and July 2022 soybeans (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soyoil surges on Indonesia export ban

Soybean, corn futures sag on profit-taking

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to all-time highs on Friday after Indonesia blocked exports of palm oil, a competing vegetable oil, but soybean and corn futures fell on profit-taking ahead of the weekend. Wheat futures ended modestly lower after a choppy session as brokers weighed tightening global grain stocks against sluggish export […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Indonesia bans palm oil exports as global food inflation spikes

Government under pressure to control cooking oil prices

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Jakarta | Reuters — Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, announced plans to ban exports of the most widely used vegetable oil on Friday, in a shock move that could further inflame surging global food inflation. The halting of shipments of the cooking oil and its raw material, widely used in products ranging from […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

Wheat, soy up as Ukraine still in focus

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest in nearly 10 years on Wednesday and wheat touched a three-week top on worries about tightening global grain supplies, the crisis in Ukraine and drought in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybeans bounced, shaking off signs of slowing demand from top global buyer China, while […] Read more
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ICE weekly outlook: Hard to say where canola is going 

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MarketsFarm – There was a first for canola on Dec. 29, in that three contracts exceeded C$1,000 per tonne at the same time. In the sharp upswing during that Wednesday morning on the Intercontinental Exchange, the nearby January, March and May canola contracts respectively reached new highs with the former hitting the daily limit of […] Read more

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