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CBOT weekly outlook: Benign weather keeps corn, soybeans pointed down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News August 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — Good U.S. Midwestern weather should keep the bias to the downside in corn and soybean contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade over the next few weeks, according to an analyst. Corn hit fresh contract lows on Tuesday before showing some recovery Wednesday, but “it’s not looking like it’s hit a bottom just […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Large corn, soybean crops expected

By GFM Network News July 30, 2020

MarketsFarm – The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) continues to watch growing conditions in key regions of the United States, as record yields are expected for corn crops. “Corn is pretty much made,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago, Ill. “Conditions have improved significantly, and nobody sees any major problems.” Trade participants expect […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Canola crush edges up, soybean crush falls

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News July 25, 2020

MarketsFarm — As the amount of canola crushed in Canada increased slightly in June, the soybean crush was down significantly, according to the latest monthly report from Statistics Canada. The federal agency on Thursday released crushing statistics for major oilseeds, which showed 864,559 tonnes of canola crushed in June, up 1.12 per cent from the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: The good and bad between the U.S., China

By GFM Network News July 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — The current relationship between the United States and China has continued to be rather chaotic, according to Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at Fort McHenry, Ill. Despite the two countries’ diplomatic row, China has sharply picked up its purchases of U.S. soybeans. Georgy pointed to the 715,000 tonnes purchased by China on […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather the key for soybeans, corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell off nearby highs over the past week, with shifting weather forecasts directing the flow of money in the markets. “Ninety per cent of our price influence in a supply-side driven market during the growing season will be weather,” said analyst Sean Lusk […] Read more

Pinto beans. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba edible beans look good for now

Bean growers watching weather

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 15, 2020

MarketsFarm — Edible bean crops in Manitoba remain in generally good shape in mid-July, with early indications pointing to solid production on the year. “Overall, they look pretty good,” said Dennis Lange, provincial pulse specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, on the state of dry edible bean crops. The crops had struggled with wind damage early on […] Read more

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

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade looks to weather for support

By GFM Network News July 8, 2020

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade have been supported by dry growing conditions in key regions of the United States, but remain largely rangebound. “It’s been hot and dry, but it’s tough to pin your hopes on a bull market because sooner or later it will rain,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. EPA permits farmers’ use of dicamba until July 31

Court ruling blocked product registrations

By GFM Network News June 9, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Monday that farmers can use existing supplies of a herbicide linked to crop damage, after a federal court blocked sales and use of the product last week. The EPA said farmers have until July 31 to use supplies of dicamba-based herbicides that they had […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

Court blocks sales of dicamba in U.S.

Bayer says it's seeking new EPA registration for 2021

By GFM Network News June 4, 2020

Updated — Reuters — A U.S. appeals court has blocked Bayer from selling an agricultural weed killer in the United States, the latest setback for a business already fighting an expensive legal battle over another product. A three-judge panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) substantially […] Read more

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

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CBOT weekly outlook: Benign weather keeps corn, soybeans pointed down

CBOT weekly outlook: Large corn, soybean crops expected

Canola crush edges up, soybean crush falls

CBOT weekly outlook: The good and bad between the U.S., China

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather the key for soybeans, corn

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba edible beans look good for now

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade looks to weather for support

U.S. EPA permits farmers’ use of dicamba until July 31

Court blocks sales of dicamba in U.S.

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop commodities rangebound

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