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CBOT August 2020 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy in ‘Groundhog Day’ mode ahead of report

Traders expect report to show more U.S. soy acres, less corn area

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are biding their time in narrow, rangebound trade, awaiting updated acreage and stocks data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture later in the month. “It’s almost like Groundhog Day,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago, referring to the 1993 movie in […] Read more
File photo of a green soybean crop south of Winnipeg. (Dougall_Photography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slump on crop weather, economic concerns

U.S. Midwest sees generally mild temperatures

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures eased for a third straight session on Wednesday and corn futures were mostly lower as forecasts for rains and limited crop-stressing heat across the Midwest farm belt bolstered production prospects. Weak outside markets also hung over grain futures, with equities and crude oil posting steep losses as rising […] Read more
CBOT July 2020 corn with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn drops to three-week low

Soybeans ease despite crop rating fall as China news weighed

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell for a second straight session on Tuesday and touched a three-week low on an unexpected rise in government crop condition ratings and favorable U.S. Midwest weather that was seen bolstering the recently planted crop. Soybean prices also eased, despite a decline in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […] Read more
CBOT July 2020 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn falls on good crop weather

Chinese demand for U.S. farm products underpinning markets

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for the first time in four sessions on Monday as warm weather and scattered rains across a large swath of the Midwest farm belt bolstered development of the recently planted crop. Soybeans were mostly lower as favourable U.S. weather outweighed support from improving demand from top importer […] Read more
A farmer walks through a field of maize near Chikuni in the south of Zambia on Feb. 21, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi)
Corn, Crops, Reuters

U.S. farming body, Zambian firm partner aim to boost crop yields

Country rebuilding drought-battered ag sector

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Lusaka | Reuters — A U.S. non-profit organization has launched a US$40 million joint venture with one of Zambia’s top farm suppliers to boost crop yields and food security as farmers struggle to access finance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the local company said on Sunday. The chairman of African Green Resources (AGR), Zuneid Yousuf, said […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund short position edging down in canola

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in canola saw a slight reduction in mid-June, as speculators covered short positions in the market, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in Tuesday at […] Read more
CBOT July 2020 soybeans with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb as China trade talks progress

July wheat down over four per cent on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures gained on Friday as U.S. trade talks with China continued, invigorating hopes the top soybean importer would reach earlier export estimates. Wheat fell as the U.S. winter wheat harvest progressed, while corn inched higher on technical positioning. The most active soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more
CBOT July 2020 wheat with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slips on bumper harvest, soy up on exports

Corn inches up on technical trading, weather questions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures slid again on Thursday, dropping to their lowest in more than eight months amid a bumper U.S. harvest and well-timed European rains. Soybeans and corn edged higher, on technical trading and signs weather may not be so crop-friendly across the U.S. Corn Belt in coming days. The most-active […] Read more
ICE July 2020 canola with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola likely to move lower

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The direction canola will move in coming weeks depends on three factors: the Canadian dollar, Prairie weather and the Chicago Board of Trade, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. ā€œIā€™m expecting the Canadian dollar to move up a bit, just because of U.S. dollar pressure. That could pull the canola […] Read more
MGEX September 2020 spring wheat (candlesticks) and Kansas City (K.C.) September 2020 hard red winter wheat (yellow line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Spring wheat premium widening over winter wheat

Row crop futures stuck in sideways range

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — All eyes remain on weather conditions in U.S. grain and oilseed markets, with soybeans and corn stuck in sideways patterns while seasonal harvest pressure causes the spring wheat premium to widen over the winter wheats. The advancing winter wheat harvest has weighed on Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat contracts recently, with reports […] Read more

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