Daily Network News

More News →

Corn

Photo: Thinkstock
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sags on firm dollar, concerns over U.S. export demand

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended lower on Friday on worries about slowing U.S. export sales, while wheat futures sagged as rains benefited growing areas in the country’s southern Plains, analysts said. A stronger dollar added to concerns about corn export demand, analysts said, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported lower-than-expected […] Read more
Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures end down as U.S. export sales disappoint traders

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures slumped on poor export demand on Thursday, analysts said, while wheat futures also declined. Traders were disappointed as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported weekly U.S. corn export sales of 264,000 tonnes in the week ended Oct. 20. That was below the low end of analysts’ estimates that ranged […] Read more
Photo: Thinkstock
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from one-month low amid Ukraine export uncertainty

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rose on Wednesday amid uncertainty about exports from war-torn Ukraine, analysts said, while gains in corn and soybean futures evaporated. Concerns about Ukraine increased as data from the country’s agriculture ministry showed that grain exports have slowed over the past 10 days, with volumes so far this month 9 […] Read more
Bunge’s refined and specialty oils segment turned in stronger quarterly earnings in the Americas and Europe. Photo: Thinkstock
Reuters

Crop merchant Bunge raises full-year profit outlook

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute Agricultural commodities trader Bunge Ltd BG.N on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings outlook after posting an adjusted third-quarter profit that topped expectations, sending its shares up about 2 per cent in premarket trading. The improved forecast was attributed to favorable market conditions as tight global crop supplies and strong demand have benefited supply chain middlemen […] Read more
Photo: Thinkstock
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slip to one-month low as soybeans advance

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell to a one-month low on Tuesday under pressure from expectations for rain in dry global growing areas and for continued exports of Ukrainian grain from the Black Sea region. Soybean and corn futures advanced. Weather forecasts for showers in the coming days in drought-affected […] Read more
At 11 on-farm locations across Manitoba in 2020, only four sites showed a statistically significant yield difference.
Corn, Crops

Split N fertilizer application a good option

Manitoba corn trials suggest it’s not a yield booster, but it can be a yield maintainer

By
Reading Time: 6 minutes The verdict is out on split nitrogen applications in Manitoba corn. After years of small-plot and on-farm field-scale trials, it appears that split N can provide some flexibility for farmers to adapt to conditions as the season unfolds but, generally, they should only expect the practice to maintain yield, not increase it.  “For many people, […] Read more
Photo: Thinkstock
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease as U.S. harvest progresses amid dull demand

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures eased on Monday as concerns about dull demand anchored prices as newly harvested crops flooded the market. Wheat declined on weak demand and as rains in the drought-hit U.S. Plains wheat belt lifted prospects for the recently planted winter crop. Largely favourable weather across the Midwest […] Read more
AAFC made some small tweaks in its estimates for the 2022/23 wheat crop. Photo: Greg Berg
Crops, Markets

AAFC tweaks some numbers as canola, pulses remain unchanged

By
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm – While Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made some changes in its October supply and demand estimates from September, the department didn’t make any alterations to its data for canola, pulses and special crops. The department released its report during the late afternoon of Oct. 21. Of the grains and oilseeds, AAFC’s most notable revisions […] Read more
CBOT December 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (dark green line), MGEX December 2022 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy end higher but below session peaks

Weaker U.S. dollar supportive

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures edged higher on Friday, recovering from overnight weakness on spillover support from friendly outside markets, traders said. “Equities went from lower to sharply higher, the dollar from higher to lower, and I think that spurred some buying in grains,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. […] Read more
Corn west of Mitchell, Man. on Oct. 17, 2018. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports pressure grain prices in Lethbridge

By
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — With harvesting operations winding down, high-delivered bids for feed barley and wheat in Alberta are higher compared to the same time last month and last year. However, there is still some volatility in feed grain prices, according to one Lethbridge-based trader. “I think most (of the increase) was (due to) demand, but as […] Read more

Latest Market News

More Market News →