Chicago corn futures dipped on Wednesday as traders anticipated a U.S. Department of Agriculture data release showing a significant uptick in corn acreage in 2025.
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U.S. grains: Chicago corn falls on USDA planting expectations
CBOT Weekly: USDA plantings, stocks reports out March 31
Corn should be the winner in both reports
March 31 will be a busy day in the commodities market with the United States Department of Agriculture scheduled to release two major reports. At 11 am CDT on that Monday, the USDA will issue its grain stocks as of March 1 report along with its prospective plantings estimates for this spring.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop on Black Sea agreements
Chicago wheat futures eased on Tuesday as the United States announced it had reached agreements with Russia and Ukraine to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea.
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures plunge on Ukraine talks
Chicago wheat took a dive on Monday as traders monitored ongoing talks regarding the Russian war on Ukraine and with more favorable weather expected in some wheat-growing regions globally, according to analysts.
Brazil continuing to expand its soybeans
Attache calls for record output, exports
With Brazil's planted and harvest soybean area to expand by 900,000 hectares in 2026, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché; in Brasilia forecast production to increase 3.50 million tonnes at record 173 million.
U.S. grains: Chicago corn, soy futures fall on pre-weekend selloff
Chicago corn and soy eased and wheat traded nearly flat on Friday as traders' concerns about the U.S. economic outlook inspired a selloff ahead of the weekend, according to analysts.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall on shaky export demand, stronger dollar
Chicago wheat futures eased for a third consecutive session on Thursday as lackluster weekly export sales data as well as strength in the dollar added to doubts over U.S. export prospects, traders said.
North American biofuels sector contracts amid trade and policy uncertainty
U.S. and Canadian biofuel companies are throttling back production to limit losses amid uncertainty over U.S. President Donald Trump's approach to green fuel subsidies and the potential for a worsening trade war.
Protein Industries Canada to fund scale-up of domestic processing
A new pot of cash will help Canadian food processors reformulate products or create new goods for the domestic market in the face of trade uncertainty, Protein Industries Canada (PIC) announced Thursday.
Proposed U.S. port fees on China-built ships choking coal, agriculture exports
U.S. agriculture exports face uncertainty due to proposed shipping fees, traders say
U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to revive U.S. shipbuilding using massive fees on China-linked ship visits to American ports is causing U.S. coal inventories to swell and stoking uncertainty in the embattled agriculture market, as exporters struggle to find ships to send goods abroad.
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