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CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 100-day moving averages (yellow and dark green lines) and December 2022 corn (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops

Chicago soybean futures fall

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, traders said. Soybean futures eased as Brazil’s Anec raised its outlook for the country’s export forecast for the oilseed. Losses were kept in check by […] Read more
File photo of lentils being moved into bins in Saskatchewan. (Bobloblaw/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Lentils, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Other pulses likely down, though

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MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected to have their seeded area shrink. The national data agency projected 4.49 million acres of lentils will be planted in Canada this year, a 4.2 […] Read more
File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring. (WWing/iStock/Getty Images)
Livestock, Machinery, Poultry/Eggs

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Three more poultry outbreaks confirmed in Canada so far this week

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Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu are confirmed at poultry farms across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday reported three additional outbreaks of H5 avian influenza in commercial […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on export optimism

Chicago wheat eases on profit-taking

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Wednesday, with the July contract hitting a two-month high on optimism about export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed, analysts said. Corn followed soybeans higher, with front contracts leading the way up in both markets. But wheat futures fell on profit-taking, easing a day after […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn pulls back after reaching decade high

Wheat also gives up gains amid profit-taking, traders say

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower on Tuesday, consolidating below a decade high reached earlier, as traders assessed risks to global supply from the war in Ukraine and a slow start to planting in the U.S. Wheat futures also weakened, with profit-taking pressuring the markets, traders said. The July […] Read more
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Crops, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: No worries about delayed planting in Manitoba

'Farmers can get stuff in pretty quick'

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MarketsFarm — Despite an influx of snow across southern Manitoba, with more precipitation in the forecast for this week, a provincial pulse specialist isn’t too concerned about the potential for late planting of pulse crops. “The moisture is welcome, but it’s not the weather we would like to see at this time of the year. […] Read more
A farm worker unloads Ukrainian-made fertilizer from a truck on April 5, 2022 to use on a wheat field near the village of Yakovlivka, outside Kharkiv, after it was hit by an aerial bombardment. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)
Crops

Farming behind the lines: Ukraine’s farmers sow amidst wreckage

Despite their best efforts, however, famine looms as war rages

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In early April, Ukrainian soldiers expelled the Russian invaders from the northern regions of Ukraine: Kyiv, Chernihiv and Sumy regions. The wounded enemy left, leaving behind burned-out war machines and the unburied corpses of his soldiers. However, the invaders managed to do a lot of damage. Many of you are probably aware of the atrocities […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures above $8 on supply concerns

Ukraine war continues disrupting Black Sea grain exports

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures topped US$8 a bushel and reached their highest price in nearly a decade on Monday on concerns over unfavourable U.S. weather slowing plantings and the Ukraine war disrupting grain exports. Traders worry chilly weather hampering plantings this spring could potentially contribute to lower yields come […] Read more

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