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CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans, corn enter holiday mode

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold relatively rangebound over the next few weeks, although year-end positioning and thinner holiday volumes could lead to some volatility. General unwinding of spreads and fund profit-taking were weighing on prices in mid-December, Sean Lusk of Walsh Trading in Chicago […] Read more

CBOT January 2022 soybean meal (candlesticks) with January 2022 soybean oil (yellow O/H/L/C, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans up as soymeal gains sharply against soyoil

CBOT corn up, wheat lower

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about one per cent on Tuesday as soymeal futures soared on expectations of rising demand for the high-protein feed ingredient, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade soymeal futures gained sharply against soyoil futures on meal/oil spreading, with soyoil falling to six-month lows on expectations that U.S. oil […] Read more

ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures still well supported

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was showing signs of running into resistance to the upside during the week ended Wednesday, as speculators booked profits on some of their large long positions. The general uptrend, however, remains intact despite the minor correction. While bouts of consolidation were not unexpected, “the trends are still upward […] Read more

CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and December 2021 soymeal (black line, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as soymeal surges

U.S. wheat nears nine-year top

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about two per cent on Friday, led by soaring soymeal futures tied to technical buying, brisk demand for the high-protein feed ingredient and logistical hurdles, traders said. Corn and wheat futures followed the higher trend, supported by tightening global grain supplies and fund-driven buying, and U.S. wheat […] Read more




ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola waiting on fresh news

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market held rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, looking for some direction. “None of these markets are flashing any strong signals that there’s much going on… they’re waiting for fresh news and there isn’t much around right now,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. While uncertainty over […] Read more


ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Canola remains rangebound

Trade predicts even smaller production

MarketsFarm — At least for the foreseeable future, ICE Futures canola is likely to remain rangebound, according to analyst David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. The November canola contract has support at $850 per tonne and when it bumps up to around $900 it’s quickly pulled back, he said. “Sideways is not very exciting, […] Read more

Grain is loaded onto ships for export at a port on the Parana River near Rosario, Argentina on Jan. 31, 2017. (File photo: Reuters/Marcos Brindicci)

Argentina agrees short-term contract with river dredger

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s government has agreed a short-term deal with Belgian firm Jan de Nul to dredge the Parana River, a government source said Friday, a move that should ease industry concerns in the near-term over navigability of the critical grains waterway. Exporters had grown worried about a lack of clarity over […] Read more