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Klassen: Yearling price trend stalls while calves ratchet higher

Larger players aggressively securing lightweight calves on expectations of low yearling supplies

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News March 12, 2024

Western Canadian feedlots are carrying sufficient numbers for the time being and feeding margins remain deep in red ink on unhedged cattle. Secondly, carcass weights are sharply above year-ago levels and Alberta finishing lots are backed up with market-ready supplies.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on supply pressures; corn and wheat turn higher

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 11, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures drifted lower on Monday, amid ongoing pressure from a hefty global supply and signs of investors hunting for profits, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures bounce after 3-1/2 year low; soy, corn climb

Hefty global grain supplies, competition for export business anchor prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 8, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn rose on Friday, extending their recovery from three-year lows set last month, following an uneventful monthly supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), analysts said.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low

Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 8, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 3-1/2-year low on export competition

Corn drifted upward, soybeans declined

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 6, 2024

Benchmark Chicago wheat futures tumbled to their lowest point in more than three years on Wednesday as low prices in an Algerian import tender this week highlighted stiff global export competition from Black Sea grain supplies, traders said.

Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Little to come from March S/D report

Exports the most likely category to see changes, analyst says

By GFM Network News March 6, 2024

There will likely not be a lot of notable changes in the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Grains and soy falter on large South American supplies

Most analysts expect USDA to lower its Brazil harvest estimate

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 5, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures slipped on Tuesday, surrendering gains from the previous session as large South American supplies weighed on the market.

Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Grassers and herd rebuilding confidence keeps feeders elevated

Major grazing regions of Western Canada receive more than double of normal precipitation in last month

By Jerry Klassen, GFM Network News March 5, 2024

The major grazing regions of Western Canada have received over 200 per cent of normal precipitation over the past 30 days. Grassers were red hot. Demand has also increased for herd building heifers which has diminished supplies for finishing feedlots.

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Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans and corn rise on bargain-buying after sharp falls

Brazil soy harvest running ahead of schedule compared to last year

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 4, 2024

U.S. soybean and corn futures rose on Monday on bargain buying and short-covering after hitting three-year lows recently, but plentiful supply from South America limited gains, analysts said.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans off 3-year low, but gain limited by global supplies

Slowing Chinese demand also weighs on prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 1, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures turned higher on Friday on signs of bargain buying and short-covering, after hitting three-year lows the previous day, although sluggish exports and hefty global supplies continue to weigh on prices, traders said.

Daily Network News

Trump tells farmers that tractor companies should lower prices

Get farmers in on federal water security strategy planning, CFA says

U.S. finalizes biofuel blending quotas for 2026-27, cuts RINS for foreign feedstocks

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Klassen: Yearling price trend stalls while calves ratchet higher

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on supply pressures; corn and wheat turn higher

U.S. grains: Wheat futures bounce after 3-1/2 year low; soy, corn climb

U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 3-1/2-year low on export competition

CBOT weekly outlook: Little to come from March S/D report

U.S. grains: Grains and soy falter on large South American supplies

Klassen: Grassers and herd rebuilding confidence keeps feeders elevated

U.S. grains: Soybeans and corn rise on bargain-buying after sharp falls

U.S. grains: Soybeans off 3-year low, but gain limited by global supplies

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