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CBOT weekly outlook: Corn waits for news

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MarketsFarm – Commodities on the Chicago Board of trade were range-bound and “starving for news” at midweek. Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Illinois noted that the December corn contract started the month at US$3.88 per bushel, and was currently at US$3.8850. “It went absolutely nowhere,” he said. Snowstorms in North Dakota, South Dakota, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Grains drop, soy firm following WASDE report

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MarketsFarm — Monthly supply/demand data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were supportive for soybean prices but bearish for corn and wheat, with adjustments to yields and harvested acres providing a number of surprises. Corn futures saw the largest immediate reaction at the Chicago Board of Trade, as average yields were unexpectedly raised to 168.4 […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn falls; wheat, soy rise
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn falls; wheat, soy rise

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped on Friday while soybeans and wheat edged higher in muted trading as investors waited for the U.S. government’s monthly update to harvest projections. Corn futures remained under pressure from profit-taking after prices jumped to a seven-week high on Tuesday. The market shrugged off long-awaited news that the […] Read more
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Crops

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

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MarketsFarm — In the latest supply and demand report from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the global wheat forecast was revised downward due to difficult weather conditions. USDA has now projected 765.53 million tonnes of wheat to be produced in 2019-20, according to the department’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE), released Thursday. That’s […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Expected U.S. soybean, corn yields down

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MarketsFarm –– The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) September supply and demand report saw downward revisions for corn and soybeans, but kept its estimates for wheat where they were in August. The department on Thursday released its new world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE). “Prices rallied after the report came out because of the […] Read more
CBOT December 2019 corn, with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Crop condition rating lifts corn

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rebounded on Tuesday from four-month lows struck in the previous session after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the U.S. crop’s condition unexpectedly declined over the past week. Soybeans followed corn higher despite steady crop condition ratings, as worries about lower yields in the late-developing crop underpinned prices. […] Read more
At this stage of the season, we’re rating the Ontario crop 38 per cent good to excellent, 40 per cent fair and 22 per cent poor to very poor.
Markets, Markets/Business

All eyes on today’s USDA supply and demand report

An updated acreage survey will shed new light on how many acres did not get planted

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Precipitation has been quite variable across the Ontario cropping region throughout the month of July. Western counties received average precipitation but a large portion of the central and northern counties have received less than 40 per cent of normal precipitation. Eastern counties have received average to slightly below-average rainfall. Early yield estimates for Ontario corn […] Read more
The post-WASDE chart: CBOT September 2019 corn (black), soybeans (yellow) and wheat (orange) and K.C. September 2019 wheat (orange). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

USDA’s August WASDE report hits commodity markets hard

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MarketsFarm — With markets largely rangebound since the end of June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its long-awaited supply and demand report late Monday morning. The initial reaction on the markets was bearish, with corn prices being hit very hard, down 25 cents per bushel for the September and December contracts on the […] Read more
CBOT November 2019 soybeans (candlesticks) and December 2019 corn (line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Market bearish ahead of WASDE

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MarketsFarm — Prices for commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade have been “under pressure and on the defensive” due to the lingering trade war between the U.S. and China, improved weather, and an unclear picture of planted acres. “Less threatening U.S. weather, coupled with the lack of China buying U.S. agriculture products, have definitely […] Read more

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