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(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls in thin trade

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday on technical selling, hitting their lowest level since last week on a lack of supportive news and plentiful global inventories, analysts said. Corn and soybeans also sagged. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat settled down 6-1/2 cents at $4.23-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). CBOT […] Read more
(Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound on Argentina rains

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rebounded on Wednesday from multi-month lows sparked a day earlier by fears of harvest delays in Argentina, while China’s return to the market after a holiday helped boost prices, analysts said. Corn and wheat followed the strength in soybeans, but rising stockpiles of corn-based ethanol pressured corn futures at […] Read more
(Photo courtesy United Soybean Board)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans plumb new lows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a year on Tuesday, pressured by expectations for record-large U.S. plantings and a massive South American harvest, analysts said. Corn futures fell one per cent on profit-taking a day after reaching a three-week top, while wheat ended narrowly […] Read more
(Bob Nichols photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week high on U.S. area outlook

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-week high on Monday while soybeans set multi-month lows as traders continued to respond to a plantings forecast released Friday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, analysts said. Wheat followed corn higher, supported by commodity funds covering short positions. “We’re still buying feed grains and selling […] Read more
Harpinder Randhawa, spring wheat and triticale breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Lethbridge, stands in a field of soft white spring wheat. He is working on soft white spring varieties with improved resistance to disease and pre-harvest sprouting.
Cereals, Crops

Soft white spring wheat spreads east

Ethanol drives new demand while research adapts SWSW to new regions

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Until relatively recently, there were few producers outside the irrigation belt of southern Alberta who had ever heard of, much less planted, soft white spring wheat (SWSW). However, backed by 50 years of research, the wheat class is suddenly showing a new potential to be grown on more acres and in more areas, and for […] Read more
(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after 2-1/2-month lows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices climbed on Tuesday in a light rebound from multi-month lows set on Monday, although forecasts for much-needed rains in the Plains wheat belt kept a lid on gains, analysts said. Corn firmed and soybeans edged higher after a choppy session as traders adjusted positions ahead of a pair […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall to fresh 2017 lows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell to their lowest this year on Monday, pressured by abundant global grain and oilseed supplies and outlooks for crop-friendly rain in the southern Plains wheat belt, traders said. Wheat futures led the way down. K.C. hard red winter wheat futures, which reflect the variety […] Read more
(Grainews file photo by Lee Hart)
Crops

Tax treatment of deferred grain cash tickets under review

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Grain growers in Canada who take deferred cash purchase tickets for crops are being asked whether it’s time to get rid of the rule that allows income from those tickets to be put off to the following tax year. Tucked into federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget on Wednesday was an announcement of public consultation, […] Read more

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