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CBOT May 2022 corn (green and red candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and December 2022 corn (orange candlesticks). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn climbs on global supply fears

Wheat down on profit-taking; Argentina trucker strike supports soy, corn

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit life-of-contract highs on Thursday, supported by tightening global grain supplies and an uncertain production outlook as the Russia-Ukraine war continued to rattle markets, analysts said. However, trade was choppy and deferred corn contracts finished lower as traders took profits ahead of a three-day holiday weekend. U.S. markets […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

Wheat, soy up as Ukraine still in focus

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest in nearly 10 years on Wednesday and wheat touched a three-week top on worries about tightening global grain supplies, the crisis in Ukraine and drought in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybeans bounced, shaking off signs of slowing demand from top global buyer China, while […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on Ukraine woes, U.S. biofuel plan

May soybeans also close higher

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on Tuesday on worries about the Russia-Ukraine conflict persisting and disrupting Black Sea grain exports, and optimism about increased demand for biofuels, analysts said. U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends of gasoline during the summer […] Read more
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Advance Payments Program to offer 100 per cent up front

Feds temporarily waive 60 per cent up-front limit

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Canadian farmers seeking pre-production cash advances under the federal Advance Payments Program ahead of this year’s spring seeding will be able to get the entire eligible amount up front. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Wednesday announced a “temporary waiving” of the program’s usual requirement that pre-production cash advances be issued in instalments of 60 […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 10-, 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate

CBOT wheat mixed pending sanctions

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Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine. The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

CBOT corn, soybeans also gain

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday as worse-than-expected U.S. crop conditions added to global supply concerns already heightened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Corn and soybeans were also higher, bolstered as U.S. growers weigh last-minute planting decisions. The most active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended 35 cents […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

U.S. winter wheat 30 per cent good-excellent

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn climbed on Monday, underpinned by disrupted supplies of Black Sea grains as the conflict in Ukraine continues, while attention shifts to U.S. production. Chicago Board of Trade most-active wheat ended 25-3/4 cents higher at $10.10-1/4 a bushel (all figures US$). Soybeans added 19-1/2 cents to $16.02-1/4 […] Read more

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