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CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures extend gains on crop risks

Wheat market also weighs prospects for more Ukraine exports

By Tom Polansek, GFM Network News August 11, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures rose on Wednesday, as hot, dry weather in parts of the U.S. and Europe kept attention on harvest risks, while soybeans settled lower after notching contract highs. Traders also adjusted positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply and demand […] Read more

Corn in progress just east of Blumenort, Man. on July 20, 2022. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Lower inflation, USDA report to impact markets

By GFM Network News August 10, 2022

MarketsFarm — With the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) already set to release its monthly supply/demand estimates on Friday, the U.S. Labor Department threw in a curveball two days prior. The Labor Department on Wednesday reported the annual rate of inflation declined to 8.5 per cent in July, 0.6 of a point lower than in […] Read more

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans gain as U.S. crop ratings decline

Restart of Ukraine sea exports anchors wheat

By GFM Network News August 9, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures climbed to their highest in more than a week on Tuesday on lower weekly U.S. crop condition ratings and worries that hot, dry weather in the western Midwest forecast would continue to stress crops. Wheat was also firmer as the dollar softened, although gains were limited […] Read more

CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and green lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip after Midwest rains

Traders looking ahead to USDA report on Friday

By GFM Network News August 8, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Monday as improved weather in parts of the U.S. Midwest’s farm belt boosted harvest prospects for crops stressed recently by high temperatures and dryness. Chicago Board of Trade wheat firmed as the dollar softened, although gains were limited by improving prospects for exports from […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Recent storms not hurting yields

By GFM Network News August 4, 2022

MarketsFarm – Recent bouts of severe weather in Alberta, most recently high winds and hail in the central region on Aug. 2, will not affect potential yields for feed grains, according to one trader. Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said while some crops were damaged from the storms in central Alberta, as […] Read more

Hot weather in the Plains and Midwest regions of the United States is affecting crop conditions, but how much of an effect it will have on yields come harvest time is unknown. Photo: Thinkstock

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighing effects of international events

By GFM Network News August 3, 2022

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader though, conditions closer to home will have a greater effect. Corn and wheat prices took a hit on August 1 when Ukraine’s first grain vessel […] Read more

Crops

Manitoba crops variable: report

By GFM Network News August 3, 2022

MarketsFarm – Crop development was highly variable across Manitoba during the week ended Aug. 2 depending on localized rainfall and drainage, with fields in the southern growing areas of the province generally better than those to the north, according to the latest report from Manitoba Agriculture. Localized insect concerns were reported, with some spraying required. […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Declining prices not raising buyers’ interest

By GFM Network News July 28, 2022

MarketsFarm – Despite prices for Western Canadian feed barley and wheat continuing to decline, buyers are not opening their wallets just yet. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta., said while growing prospects of a more typical harvest are making cereal crops more affordable, there is still a wait-and-see attitude from […] Read more

Cereals, Reuters

As grain prices fall, food prices to ease first in developing world -U.S. official

By GFM Network News July 26, 2022

Sao Paulo | Reuters – Seth Meyer, chief economist at the United States Department of Agriculture, said on Tuesday weaker commodities prices will take longer to ease food inflation in the United States than in the developing world. Some of the world’s poorest nations were hardest hit by a spike in corn and wheat prices after Russia’s […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Speculative net short position grows in canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News July 23, 2022

MarketsFarm — The speculative net short position in ICE Futures canola grew during the week ended Tuesday, as fund traders liquidated long positions and opened some new shorts, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures rise on expectations of tight supplies

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans fall, but achieve first annual gain in three years

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola unlikely to have a good start to 2026

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