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A new year, a new soil moisture map

Let's take a Prairie-wide view of soil moisture at freeze-up in 2023

By Les Henry January 12, 2024

To make a soil moisture map, you need to understand the soil moisture constants: saturation, field capacity, wilting point and plant-available water. Saturation (Sat) is when all soil pores are filled with water — in other words, the water table. Until recently we did not consider the water table to be high enough to provide […] Read more

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures near two-year lows as traders await US crop reports

Corn futures eased; wheat futures also slumped

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 11, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended flat on Thursday and remained near their lowest level since December 2021 amid lackluster demand for U.S. exports and an improved South American supply outlook.

Crops, Markets

IGC raises wheat, corn, cuts soybeans

IGC upped projected total grain ending stocks to 590.2 million tonnes

By GFM Network News January 11, 2024

As the world’s supply of grain for 2023/24 was increased to 2.307 billion tonnes, the International Grain Council bumped its projections for wheat and corn, while trimming those for soybeans.

Crops, General

Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

SaskCanola and SaskFlax have been sharing offices, admin for about a year

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 11, 2024

Producer support for the merge of SaskCanola and SaskFlax was "overwhelming," the groups said in a Jan. 10 news release. The organizations held a joint annual general meeting to share results of member feedback before taking the issue to a vote. The vote passed with "widespread approval," the release said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on demand concerns, Brazilian crop outlook

Corn, wheat futures were steady to up

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 10, 2024

Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday, shedding gains from the previous session, amid growing market concerns about export demand and improving weather for Brazil's oilseed crop.

“Pods can look dramatically different, either riper or less ripe, than the actual seeds, so we need to be cracking open those pods and looking at the seeds.”
Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Possible support uncovered

Chicago soyoil has shown some stability, underpinning canola

By GFM Network News January 10, 2024

The ICE Futures canola market hit fresh contract lows to start 2024 but may have finally uncovered some support.

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Big surprises unlikely in S/D report

Watch out for which side of two billion bushels U.S. corn carryout lands, analyst says

By GFM Network News January 10, 2024

Ahead of the monthly report from the United States Department of Agriculture on Jan. 12, Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy said he’s not expecting any major surprises for U.S. corn, soybeans or wheat at this point in the 2023/24 marketing year.

General, Reuters

Ukraine’s Dec Black Sea food exports top U.N.-brokered deal at its peak

Kyiv believes it has managed to dislodge Russian forces from the western part of the Black Sea

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 10, 2024

Ukraine exported 4.8 million metric tons of food via its Black Sea corridor in December, surpassing the maximum monthly volume exported under a previous U.N.-brokered grain deal, brokers said on Wednesday.

Corn ZCH24 on Jan. 9 with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean and corn futures rebound from multiyear lows

Wheat futures jump after a sharp drop on Monday

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 9, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures rebounded on Tuesday on short covering and technical buying after sliding to multiyear lows earlier in the session.

Corn ZCH24 on Jan. 8, with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy hit multi-year lows as oil sinks, rains aid Brazil crops

Concerns over Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans and wheat hung over the futures markets

By Reuters, Tom Polansek, GFM Network News January 8, 2024

U.S. corn futures sank to their lowest level in more than three years on Monday and soybean futures set a two-year low as steep declines in crude oil prices spilled over into agricultural markets.

Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge, hogs up

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

GFM Network News

Pulse Weekly: Exports down month-to-month

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures surge, hogs up

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn sink to contract lows as large supply weighs

A new year, a new soil moisture map

U.S. grains: Soy futures near two-year lows as traders await US crop reports

IGC raises wheat, corn, cuts soybeans

Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on demand concerns, Brazilian crop outlook

ICE canola weekly outlook: Possible support uncovered

CBOT weekly outlook: Big surprises unlikely in S/D report

Ukraine’s Dec Black Sea food exports top U.N.-brokered deal at its peak

U.S. grains: Soybean and corn futures rebound from multiyear lows

U.S. grains: Corn, soy hit multi-year lows as oil sinks, rains aid Brazil crops

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