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CBOT Weekly: USDA plantings, stocks reports out March 31

Corn should be the winner in both reports

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 26, 2025

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.

Markets, Soybeans

Brazil continuing to expand its soybeans

Attache calls for record output, exports

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 24, 2025

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.

Editor's column, Soybeans

Editor’s Rant: No soy registrado

Why’s a potentially helpful nematicide for soy crops not up for registration here?

By Dave Bedard March 19, 2025

Surely a made-in-Canada nematicide would be a boon for Prairie soy growers before soybean cyst nematode gets any further foothold up here on the Prairies, right? Well, no.

The organic winter wheat and fall rye harvest is underway in Ontario. Photo: Allan Dawson/File

Corn, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Weather takes some attention off of tariffs

Forecasts, soil conditions affect prices

By Adam Peleshaty March 19, 2025

Weather and soil conditions have taken some of the focus off of tariffs at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended March 19, 2025.

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

Cereals, Corn, News, Reuters, Soybeans

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on U.S.-Russia call, planting intentions

By Renee Hickman, Reuters March 18, 2025

Chicago wheat futures traded both sides of unchanged on Tuesday, holding near a March high underpinned by concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Traders also awaited the outcome of a call between the leaders of the U.S. and Russia over the war in Ukraine.

Crops, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans

Pulse Weekly: Manitoba conditions on the right track

MPSG executive director more worried about tariffs than growing conditions

By Adam Peleshaty March 18, 2025

With six weeks left until the start of seeding, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said there are no "red flags" to be seen in current conditions.

Crops, Markets, News, Soybeans

Higher Argentine soybean exports says USDA attaché

Changes to export tax spurs exports

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 14, 2025

Some adjustments to Argentine soybeans were made by the United States Department of Agriculture attaché in Buenos Aires. While the USDA and its attaché agreed Argentina's soybean harvest for the 2024/25 marketing year is to be 49 million tonnes, the two differed on other categories. The report was issued during the week of March 10.

Corn, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT Weekly: Prices expected to slowly recover

Unless tariffs throw a wrench into things

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 12, 2025

Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to slowly recover by the end of March, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. However, the tariff policies of the Trump administration could easily redirect that trend.

A soybean crop in Manitoba’s Interlake in 2022. Photo: Greg Berg

Cereals, Corn, Markets, News, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. wheat sees most notable changes in March S/D report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm March 11, 2025

No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.

Vyconic soybeans are expected to be released in Canada for the 2027 growing season.

Crops, Soybeans

New Bayer genetics to open up soybean herbicide tolerance

Bayer’s Vyconic genetics to be integrated with the company’s soybean varieties in coming years

By Jeff Melchior March 6, 2025

If all goes according to plan, by 2027 soybean farmers throughout Canada will have new soybean varieties with tolerance to five key herbicides. Bayer Crop Science Canada on Monday announced its Vyconic soybean trait set, calling it “a leap forward in weed control, enabling farmers to manage their fields with unparalleled flexibility.” Vyconic features tolerance […] Read more

GFM Network News

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

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

Arlene Dickinson says recent trip to Asia opened her eyes to new trade opportunities

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