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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn recover after slide; soy hits 2020 low

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters July 9, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat and corn futures ticked higher on Tuesday after sharp declines on Monday, while most-active soybean futures closed at their lowest point in nearly four years, as expectations of ample supplies from northern hemisphere harvests hung over the market.

Markets, News

Global crop yields have not kept up with increasing demand

Sluggish production blamed on adverse weather conditions and high input costs that lead to reduced fertilizer use

By Sean Pratt July 9, 2024

Reading Time: 3 minutes The global stocks-to-use ratio for the major crops, excluding China, has been trending down since 2018, Jason Newton, Nutrien’s chief economist, told delegates attending the 24th International Farm Management Association Congress in Saskatoon.

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

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters July 8, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn futures on Monday dropped to around the lowest prices in four years, as traders expected a positive picture of U.S. crop progress from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a report due later in the day.

File photo of stormy conditions over Alberta fields. (Larry Stickney/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 8, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Fund traders continued to add to their large net short positions in canola as the calendar flipped to the final month of the 2023/24 marketing year for the crop, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Features

VIDEO: Summer Series: Greg Stamp and Sarah Stamp of Stamp Seeds

By Country Guide Staff July 8, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Second generation grain producers, Greg and Sarah Stamp, of Stamp Seeds & Stamp Farms from Enchant, Alta., were 2023 national winners of Canada’s Outstanding Young Farmers. Along with their family they operate Stamp Seeds and Stamp Farms in the Bow River Irrigation District. With 5,000 acres under irrigation and 2,000 acres of dryland farming, they produce pedigreed seed such as wheat, barley, […] Read more

Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

Crops

Alberta crops doing quite well

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 8, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Crops throughout Alberta stood at 75 per cent good to excellent as of July 2, according to the latest crop report from the provincial agriculture department. That was eight points above the five-year average despite cooler than normal temperatures and delayed crop development due to excessive rain for most of the province so far this year.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

By Heather Schlitz July 5, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures spiked on Friday amid an uptick in demand for U.S. wheat due to a weaker dollar and the availability of desirable new-crop wheat, traders said.

Crops

Saskatchewan’s crops remain in good shape, but are still behind

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 4, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Although crop conditions in Saskatchewan were good, the province’s latest crop report said development continued to fall behind normal for this time of year. Saskatchewan Agriculture pointed to the cooler temperatures and wet conditions as why development has been slower this year.

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

By Reuters, Tom Polansek July 3, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on short covering on Wednesday after nearing a four-year low this week on concerns about large supplies and lackluster U.S. export demand, analysts said.

News

United Farmers of Alberta buys stake in Canterra Seeds

By Geralyn Wichers July 3, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) announced today it had purchased nearly 1.3 million shares in Winnipeg-based Canterra Seeds.

Daily Network News

ICE weekly: War news driving canola markets

War is increasing food prices, insecurity say IMF, World Bank and UN food agency

B.C. agrochemical startup gets $1.2M in federal funding

Cereals

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn recover after slide; soy hits 2020 low

Global crop yields have not kept up with increasing demand

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

VIDEO: Summer Series: Greg Stamp and Sarah Stamp of Stamp Seeds

Alberta crops doing quite well

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

Saskatchewan’s crops remain in good shape, but are still behind

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

United Farmers of Alberta buys stake in Canterra Seeds

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