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CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on harvest pressure, demand woes

USDA crop reports show brisk harvest, little change to crop quality

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New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) hit their lowest levels in nearly three years on Monday as the Midwest harvest expanded, adding to fears of a supply glut at a time of weak export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. The benchmark CBOT December corn settled […] Read more
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on positioning, crush pace

CBOT wheat ends up on week

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on technical selling and profit taking after two sessions of gains, and as a monthly crush report showed U.S. processors handled far fewer beans than expected in August. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, with both markets also pressured by improving crop conditions in Europe and […] Read more
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Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: More demand for barley in Alberta

U.S. corn imports still expected to cap barley values

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MarketsFarm — As Alberta’s harvest continued, yields and crop conditions have varied across the province, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “There has been such a wide range across the map, it really depends on location,” she said. “We’ve seen some areas that are just below average of […] Read more
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on signals of supply, weather concerns

CBOT wheat falls on higher U.S. dollar, corn pressured by wheat

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New York | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures turned higher amid a volatile trading session on Thursday, as commodities traders wrestled with tight domestic supplies and uncertainty over weather impacts on the current U.S. crop. Analysts said that market participants are focusing on how the recent extreme heat waves across the […] Read more
CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices for U.S. soybeans, corn where they should be

USDA report calls for tightest soy carryout in eight years

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MarketsFarm — There have been no surprises in the price movement for U.S. soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade following the release of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report. “This was a case [for soybeans] where the trade expected even tighter ending stocks. That 220 million bushels matched […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions

Corn prices follow wheat higher, soy gains as traders eye crop yields

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New York | Reuters — Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, as Russia reported Ukrainian strikes on a naval base in the grain-rich Black Sea region and Kyiv said its grain exports dropped sharply. Kyiv said on Wednesday more than 100 of its port […] Read more
(Christophe Paul photo courtesy USDA)
Crops, Markets

USDA adjusts soy, corn outlooks in September report

U.S. wheat usage, carryout estimates shift

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MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture made a number of slight changes to its forecast on soybeans and corn for 2023-24, while keeping its domestic wheat numbers from August. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates, adjusting its forecast on this year’s soybean yields at 50.1 bushels per acre, […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Futures sharply lower on U.S. harvest outlook

Wheat bounces on smaller-than-expected world stocks forecast

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New York | Reuters — Chicago soybeans plummeted to a three-week low and corn sharply dropped on Tuesday after a government report said crops were not hampered as much as some traders had expected by hot and dry summer weather. The U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its outlook for the corn harvest, as expectations for […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn choppy, wheat hits new contract low

Market eyes USDA's monthly supply-demand report for price direction

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures were choppy and wheat futures slid to the lowest level since May on Monday as traders scrambled to adjust their positions ahead of a key government crop report. Corn futures firmed late in the session on short-covering, and as market players debated how big the cuts to the […] Read more
Canola grown at a Resilient Rotations test site in Swift Current, Sask., didn’t perform well in 2021. Severe drought at the flowering stage resulted in low yields and economic returns.
Features

Rotations and the bottom line

Prairie researchers examine how different crop rotations affect net economic returns

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When it comes to on-farm decision making, the bottom line for most farmers is often, well, the bottom line. A 2019 survey of Manitoba farmers bore that out. The survey, conducted on behalf of the Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers, asked farmers which factors were important to them when planning their crop rotations. Yield potential […] Read more

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