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CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn nears 10-year high

Wheat, soy up as Ukraine still in focus

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit their highest in nearly 10 years on Wednesday and wheat touched a three-week top on worries about tightening global grain supplies, the crisis in Ukraine and drought in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybeans bounced, shaking off signs of slowing demand from top global buyer China, while […] Read more
FIGURE 1: Soybean lodging due to accidental application of Conquest + Prowl H2O after soybean planting. This is a violation of labelled guidance and is known to increase the risk of significant stem brittleness and lodging.
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Pest Patrol: Best practices for weed control in identity-preserved “IP” soybean – Part 2

#PestPatrol with Mike Cowbrough, OMAFRA

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Since 2010, the University of Guelph and OMAFRA have compared weed control programs in non-GMO soybeans. The key to picking the right herbicide program is simple in theory, but difficult in practice. A farmer needs to match the herbicide program with the spectrum of weed species in each field, which is easy if all they […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on Ukraine woes, U.S. biofuel plan

May soybeans also close higher

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures rose on Tuesday on worries about the Russia-Ukraine conflict persisting and disrupting Black Sea grain exports, and optimism about increased demand for biofuels, analysts said. U.S. President Joe Biden will unveil plans to extend the availability of higher biofuel blends of gasoline during the summer […] Read more
File photo of a cornfield in Argentina. (Reisegraf/iStock/Getty Images)
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Argentine grain truckers strike, threatening exports amid harvest

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Buenos Aires | Reuters — Truckers in Argentina began an open-ended strike on Monday to demand higher rates for transporting grain and livestock, an action that could hit grain exports during a key part of the harvest. Argentina, the world’s leading exporter of soy derivatives and second-largest corn exporter, recently started harvesting both grains, which […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat firm as Ukraine war raises supply fears

CBOT corn ends mixed

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly three per cent on Monday and hit a two-week high on worries about U.S. crop prospects and concern that fighting in Ukraine will continue to disrupt Black Sea region exports, analysts said. But soybeans fell as COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the top importer of the oilseed, […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, soybeans firm on tighter stocks

Corn firm, ending stocks unchanged

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures firmed on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assessed global supply and demand, reflecting the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on Black Sea exports. Grain prices remained underpinned by Russia’s six-week-old invasion, which has stalled large amounts of Ukrainian exports […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm ahead of WASDE

Wheat down, but supported by winter crop stress

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed on Thursday, bolstered by eroding South American production and steady U.S. export sales. CBOT wheat and corn futures eased ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly global supply and demand report due Friday, expected to reflect the potential impact of the war in […] Read more
CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 10-, 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate

CBOT wheat mixed pending sanctions

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine. The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel […] Read more
The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Smaller corn, soybean ending stocks expected

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Ahead of the April supply and demand (WASDE) report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday, trader Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. said he’s expecting carryovers for corn and soybeans to come in below March’s estimates. Ettner has also pegged the wheat carryout to be a little bit higher. […] Read more

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