Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday as favourable weather in much of the Midwest boosted crop production potential and as traders squared positions ahead of the weekend, analysts said.
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U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip on profit-taking, favourable Midwest weather
China’s May soybean imports from Brazil jump 37.5 per cent year over year
Reading Time: 2 minutes China’s soybean imports from Brazil surged 37.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, as buyers scooped up South America’s bumper crop, while supplies from the United States also rose 28.3 per cent.
U.S. grains: Wheat surges four per cent on short-covering, lifting corn and soy
Reading Time: 2 minutes Benchmark Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures jumped more than four per cent on Wednesday as weather worries in parts of the United States and Europe, coupled with signs of fresh global export business, prompted speculators to cover short positions, brokers said.
CBOT Weekly: External factors raising wheat prices
Weather, geopolitical risk provide support
Reading Time: < 1 minute Numerous factors caused United States wheat prices to sharply rise during the week ended June 18, 2025.
Varied rains leave parts of Manitoba in need of moisture: report
Planting 100 per cent complete
Reading Time: < 1 minute Varied rainfall across Manitoba left many areas of the province still in need of precipitation, with accumulations at 60 per cent of normal in eastern, Interlake and northwestern regions, reported Manitoba Agriculture in its latest weekly crop report.
U.S. grains: Soyoil hits 20-month peak, corn falls on good crop weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soyoil futures hit their highest in 20 months on Monday, supported by U.S. biofuel blending proposals that are likely to increase demand, while soybean futures touched a one-month high before paring gains.
U.S. grains: Soybeans climb, soyoil soars daily limit on US biofuel proposal
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soyoil futures surged their daily limit on Friday and soybeans hit a three-week high after President Donald Trump's administration proposed biofuel blending requirements that were above trade expectations, analysts said.
US EPA proposes higher biofuel blending volumes through 2027
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Trump administration on Friday proposed to increase the amount of biofuels that oil refiners must blend into the nation’s fuel mix over the next two years, driven by a surge in biomass-based diesel mandates.
ADM sets off ‘frenzy’ in US soybean market ahead of new biofuel blend rule
U.S. officials are expected to propose biofuel blending requirements below industry recommendations
Reading Time: 2 minutes Archer-Daniels-Midland, a major U.S. soybean crusher and biofuel producer, slashed its bids to buy the oilseed this week ahead of an expected Trump administration announcement on biofuel blending requirements, a primary driver of demand for soybean oil - and a prospective source of demand for Canadian canola.
U.S. grains: Soybeans hit 1-wk low on demand worries; wheat sags, corn firms
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell to one-week lows on Thursday as weak domestic cash markets, poor weekly export sales and worries about the size of U.S. biofuel mandates raised fears about demand for the oilseed, brokers said.