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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were steady to down $2 […] Read more

One Canada Square (tower at centre) houses the London head office of the International Grains Council. (Iliffd/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Little variation seen in global grain supply and demand data

By GFM Network News September 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — Few significant changes appear in the latest monthly supply and demand report from the International Grains Council (IGC), which released its estimates Thursday. The IGC slightly nudged its estimate of total world grain production from its August estimate of 2.23 billion to September’s 2.227 billion tonnes. The September forecast is 2.1 per cent […] Read more

Wheat being loaded onto a cargo ship in Vancouver in 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

AAFC lowers wheat carryout estimate, raises canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — Updated supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada call for tighter wheat carryout for the 2020-21 crop year than previous forecast — and more canola. Tursday’s report provides the first adjusted balance sheet estimates from the government agency that account for the latest production numbers from Statistics Canada released earlier in […] Read more

CBOT December 2020 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

Chicago wheat futures weak

By GFM Network News September 25, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Friday, bouncing back from four straight days of declines on a mild round of bargain buying, traders said. But wheat futures weakened, weighed down by a firm dollar, which makes U.S. supplies more expensive to overseas buyers. Soybeans fell 4.1 per […] Read more

CBOT November 2020 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure weighs on corn, soybeans

CBOT wheat futures firm

By GFM Network News September 24, 2020

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures dropped to their lowest in more than a week on Thursday, with investors locking in gains made from a recent rally as combines rolled across key production areas of the Midwest, traders said. “The grains appear to be in full-on profit-taking mode this week as the […] Read more

Markets, News

Your marketing plan and COVID-19

Should farmers change their marketing strategies because of the pandemic or stay the course?

By Angela Lovell September 24, 2020

As another year’s crop will soon fill their bins, should farmers change their marketing strategies because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic or do they maintain the same course they had planned out for this winter? “COVID-19 has had some impacts on the markets, but it hasn’t really been that much for grains and […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices on rise despite harvest

By GFM Network News September 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada have been showing some unusual strength in late September, with prices rising despite seasonal harvest pressure. “Right now we’ve been seeing a lot of talk about exports and the need for feed at feedlots,” said Erin Harakal, senior trader at Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure may weigh on soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade over the next month, but there is also still good support on the other side, according to an analyst. “The biggest trouble now for the market is the harvest pressure coming in,” said Tom Lilja of Progressive […] Read more

CBOT December 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as dollar rises

U.S. harvest accelerates, adding pressure

By GFM Network News September 23, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, pressured by a firm dollar that traders said was depressing already weak overseas demand for U.S. supplies. “We are still not getting the export demand,” said Mark Schultz, chief market analyst at Northstar Commodity. “There is plenty of wheat […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Wheat crop takes sudden turn for the worse

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the September 22, 2020 issue of Grainews

By Ash Klassen September 23, 2020

In late July, I got a call from John, who grows wheat, barley and canola on his farm near Nampa, Alta. His wheat crop had gone from fine to funky in the span of a week, and he was hoping I’d be able to tell him why. When I arrived at John’s farm to check […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

Little variation seen in global grain supply and demand data

AAFC lowers wheat carryout estimate, raises canola

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure weighs on corn, soybeans

Your marketing plan and COVID-19

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices on rise despite harvest

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall as dollar rises

Crop advisor casebook: Wheat crop takes sudden turn for the worse

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