CBOT March 2019 wheat futures with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat falls to multimonth lows as global prices sag

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to multimonth lows on Friday, despite broad strength in commodity and equity markets as grain traders monitored bearish technical signals as well as falling prices in the global cash wheat market. Soybeans climbed on optimism about U.S. trade negotiations with China, the world’s top soy importer, while […] Read more


CBOT March 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: U.S. exports get no Valentine’s Day love

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) grains and soybean futures tumbled on Thursday on news that China and other buyers had canceled a flurry of U.S. soybean orders in early January and Argentina’s soy crop could be larger than previously expected, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) export sales report […] Read more



CBOT March 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on South America weather, trade jitters

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about one per cent on Monday on improving crop weather in South America and worries about a looming March 1 deadline for a U.S.-China trade agreement, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower while wheat futures were mixed, with Chicago Board of Trade contracts edging higher. CBOT […] Read more

CBOT March 2019 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy firm after USDA data, focus turns to China talks

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures ended firm on Friday as late-session short-covering lifted prices from lows notched after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) projected record large U.S. soy stocks amid a still-unresolved trade dispute with top importer China. Corn eased after USDA released a flood of data Friday, some of it delayed […] Read more


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Feed weekly outlook: Little to change for Prairie prices

Reading Time: < 1 minute As feedlots reduce their cattle numbers, demand for feed grains has declined on the Canadian Prairies, according to Market Place Commodities trader Allen Pirness at Lethbridge. “It’s a pretty calm time of year. The feedlots are shipping a lot of fat cattle more than they are replacing. Their grain consumption drops off a little bit […] Read more



CBOT April 2019 soybeans with 20- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy edges higher after China sales

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher on Wednesday as the government confirmed more soy purchases by China, but the market remained largely static as traders waited for a raft of U.S. crop data due on Friday, some of it delayed by the government shutdown. Corn futures eased for the first time in […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as USDA confirms large purchases by China

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures edged higher for a third straight session on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed more soybean purchases by China. USDA reported nearly three million tonnes of U.S. soybean export sales on Tuesday, mostly to China, after high-level talks last week between the U.S. and China ended […] Read more