Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures continued their steady climb on Wednesday, as dry weather raised concerns in key growing regions and Russian attacks in the Black Sea area threatened to disrupt supply chains.
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U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks
ICE Weekly: Canola rises sharply
Reading Time: 2 minutes In a show of independent strength, canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) had one of its best weeks this calendar year during the week ended April 24.
CBOT weekly outlook: May futures winding down, coming rains factor into prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the last full of week of April is set to wind down, two factors will determine the course of United States soybean, corn and wheat futures. Those are the rain forecast for the weekend of Apr. 27 and 28, and last day for May futures on Apr. 26, according to hedging strategist Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net.
Canada’s worries about Bunge-Viterra deal may force asset sales
Regulators in 13 jurisdictions, including the U.S., EU, have not yet approved the deal
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canada's competition concerns about U.S. agribusiness Bunge's planned takeover of rival Viterra sets the stage for the companies to sell some assets to close the deal, experts said.
U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally as US crop rating fall keeps weather in focus
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat surged to a two-month high on Tuesday as a decline in U.S. winter wheat conditions focused attention on weather risks to northern hemisphere crops.
Competition bureau has major concerns about proposed Bunge-Viterra merger
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Competition Bureau on Tuesday said it had identified major competition concerns around the proposed merger between U.S. grains merchant Bunge and Glencore-backed Viterra.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally as weather risks rattle markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures rallied to their highest point in more than two months before the session closed on Monday as crop weather concerns in the Northern Hemisphere supported prices and triggered technical buying and short covering, which accelerated the climb, analysts said.
ADM CFO to resign as company faces US government investigation
Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain trader Archer-Daniels-Midland said on Monday that Chief Financial Officer Vikram Luthar will resign from his role effective Sept. 30.
Bayer confirms 2024 outlook despite slow start for agriculture, consumer health units
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bayer confirmed its full-year forecast for earnings and cash flow on Monday despite slow business at its crop science and consumer health divisions.
Fund traders back adding to short positions in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute The net managed money short position in canola grew for the first time in seven weeks as fund traders put on fresh bearish bets in mid-April, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).