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CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall 1.5 per cent

CBOT corn, wheat firm

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell 1.5 per cent on Tuesday as Argentina’s decision to offer farmers a better exchange rate for their crops threatened to raise export competition at a time when U.S. offerings typically dominate the market. “It just makes more product readily available short-term,” said Mark Schultz, chief analyst at […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2), MGEX December 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans bounce ahead of long weekend

U.S. dollar down on labour market data

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on a short-covering bounce ahead of a three-day U.S. holiday weekend, led by strength in crude oil and other commodities as fears waned about aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. A rally in world stocks fizzled, but the U.S. dollar […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 wheat (candlesticks, right column) with MGEX and K.C. December 2022 wheats (yellow and orange lines, right column) and October 2022 West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude (gray line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on economic concerns

U.S. Midwest's harvest nears

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than four per cent and corn and soybeans slipped on Thursday on mounting concerns about a global economic slowdown, analysts said, just as the Midwest crop harvest nears. Wall Street stocks came under pressure as data showing that U.S. manufacturing grew steadily in August rattled some […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn dips but still posts monthly gain

CBOT soy lower, wheat up

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for a second session on Wednesday on profit-taking at the end of the month and mounting recession worries, but the market nonetheless gained eight per cent during August due to eroding U.S. and European crop prospects. Soybean futures ended lower after a back-and-forth session. But wheat turned […] Read more
ICE Futures November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Crush margins guiding canola demand

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MarketsFarm — Enormous canola crush margins will lead to increased demand for the Canadian oilseed, according to MarketsFarm’s director of markets and weather Bruce Burnett. As of Tuesday, the nearby November-October margins were estimated at $215.51 per tonne, while the same position for November-October 2023 now stands at $124.48/tonne. This time last year their margins […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on recession fears, profit-taking

Corn falls off two-month top; soy, wheat also down

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, joining broad declines in commodities and equity markets as traders fretted about the health of the global economy. Profit-taking also weighed on corn futures, a day after the benchmark December contract notched a two-month high linked to declining U.S. crop production prospects. […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-month high on heat, dryness concerns

Soybeans ease as crop tour sees large U.S. harvest

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures set a two-month high on Monday after a U.S. crop tour last week found damage from hot, dry weather and organizers projected harvests would fall short of government estimates. Wheat futures rallied to their highest level in about seven weeks, while soybeans fell after the […] Read more
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Crops, Weather

Canadian crop production bounces back, StatCan reports

Wheat at higher end of trade projections

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MarketsFarm — After 2021’s historic drought on the Prairies caused crop production to fall to historic lows, the 2022 harvest has mostly bounced back to pre-drought levels, according to Statistics Canada. StatCan on Monday released its July 2022 satellite image-based principal field crop production estimates, which confirmed analysts’ expectations that this year’s crop production would […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up on crop tour’s lowered expectations

Hot, dry weather seen limiting U.S. corn, soy yields

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures jumped on Friday on concerns about hot and dry weather reducing U.S. yields, analysts said. After the close of trading, advisory service Pro Farmer projected a U.S. corn harvest of 13.759 billion bushels, which would be the smallest since 2019 and below government […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Extended time lag between survey, data's release criticized

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MarketsFarm — Analysts are expecting Canadian crop production totals for the 2022-23 marketing year to be substantially higher compared to drought-stricken 2021-22, but still not enough to fully replenish supplies. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will publish its first satellite image model-based yield and production estimates for principal field crops on Monday. Traders and analysts are interested […] Read more

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