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A corn crop west of Grunthal, Man. on Aug. 17, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Cheaper corn to temper rising barley bids

Lack of farmer selling a factor in bids

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 28, 2020

MarketsFarm — Rising feed barley prices in Western Canada may be nearing their upper limit, as end users look to add more cheaper corn to their rations. “The higher that barley and wheat get, the more attractive corn gets,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “If barley and wheat go any higher, we’ll […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

By GFM Network News May 28, 2020

MarketsFarm — Favourable growing conditions across most of the U.S. — and a good start to the growing season — have kept commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade locked in a sideways range. In the crop progress report released Tuesday from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the U.S. corn crop was approximately […] Read more

File photo of pre-COVID-19 rush-hour traffic on the interchange between the Interstate 10 and 110 freeways near downtown Los Angeles. (Art Wager/E+/Getty Images)

Corn, Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Ag commodities steady

Slack demand for biofuel has dragged on corn

By GFM Network News May 21, 2020

MarketsFarm — Crop commodity values on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have largely stabilized as COVID-19 restrictions are relaxed in several U.S. states. “We’ve been playing this virus for a few months now,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities in Barrington, Ill. COVID-19-related lockdown measures decimated demand for ethanol, which put considerable pressure on […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could move below $3, analyst says

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 6, 2020

MarketsFarm — Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have lost considerable ground over the past few months, but could move lower still if a weather premium fails to develop over the summer, according to an analyst. The most active July corn contract has lost 20 per cent of its value since the beginning […] Read more

CBOT July 2020 soybeans (candlesticks) with NYMEX July 2020 WTI crude oil (blue line). (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Crude volatility holds down corn, soy

By GFM Network News April 23, 2020

MarketsFarm — Hit by an unprecedented crash in North American crude oil prices, particularly this week, corn and soybeans have struggled at the Chicago Board of Trade, according to Terry Reilly of Futures International. As the May contract for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) wrapped up earlier this week, it crashed so badly its price turned […] Read more

Valero Energy’s ethanol plant at Aurora, S.D., about 90 km north of Sioux Falls. (Valero.com)

Corn, Crops, Reuters

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

Flagging consumption leads to pressures on U.S. fuels, biofuels

By GFM Network News April 17, 2020

New York | Reuters — A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the nation’s biofuel policy, this time over whether the policy should be suspended or expanded as a result of the crisis. The issue once […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, demand quiet

By GFM Network News April 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Demand for feed grains has slowed down on the Prairies due to uncertainty in cattle markets posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many cattle processing and packing plants across North America have closed or slowed production due to lack of staff, leading to widespread issues in feed grain supply chains. “The lack of forward […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn values stabilize

By GFM Network News April 10, 2020

MarketsFarm — The April world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture didn’t hold much sway over corn on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) on Thursday. Corn ending stocks for the U.S. were pegged at 53.15 million tonnes, about five million tonnes higher than the previous month’s report. However, […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat remain firm

Feed corn values follow U.S. ethanol lower

By GFM Network News April 2, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat have firmed up across the Prairies amid the COVID-19 pandemic, said trader Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. However, he also noted corn prices have fallen due to the steep decline in the U.S. ethanol industry. The Saudi Arabia/Russia crude oil price war put enormous […] Read more

The Andersons’ ethanol plant at Denison, Iowa. (AndersonsEthanol.com)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. ethanol industry ‘bleeding’ on oil collapse, coronavirus

By GFM Network News March 13, 2020

New York | Reuters — U.S. ethanol producers are feeling the pain as margins on the corn-based fuel slumped this week to an eight-year low for this time of year, weighed by concerns over lower fuel demand from the coronavirus and the recent collapse in oil prices. The coronavirus outbreak, which has infected more than […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Cheaper corn to temper rising barley bids

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

CBOT weekly outlook: Ag commodities steady

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could move below $3, analyst says

CBOT weekly outlook: Crude volatility holds down corn, soy

COVID-19 spurs new clash between Big Oil, Big Corn

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, demand quiet

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn values stabilize

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat remain firm

U.S. ethanol industry ‘bleeding’ on oil collapse, coronavirus

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