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CBOT Corn ZCH24 on Jan. 24 with Bollinger bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar

Wheat futures ended up 2.4 per cent on technical buying and weakness in the dollar

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 24, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose 1.3 per cent on Wednesday as uncertainty about crop prospects in South America and a setback in the dollar triggered a round of short-covering and lifted the benchmark corn contract Cv1 from three-year lows set last week, traders said.

Crops, Markets

Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024

Major pulse crop acres expected to rise; canola, wheat expected to dip slightly

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 24, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat

Gains limited by sizable South American crops; doubts over Chinese demand hangs over market

By Karl Plume, Reuters January 23, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures Sv1 rose for a second straight session on Tuesday on technical buying and short covering after notching multi-year lows last week, although lacklustre demand and improved crop weather in top exporter Brazil limited gains.

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Jan. 22 with 20 and 50-day moving averages (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy

Crude oil futures rose almost 2 per cent on supply disruptions, supporting soy

By Julie Ingwersen, Reuters January 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures climbed on Monday as soyoil futures jumped 2.7 per cent on short-covering and strength in crude oil, traders said.

Crops, Markets

Early signs point to increased crop production in 2024/25: AAFC

Rotation, moisture, expected prices, costs among main factors expected in seeding decisions

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 22, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes A return to trend yields should see an increase in production for most of the major crops grown in Canada in the upcoming 2024/25 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, according to the first outlook for the season from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 22.

Markets

Record large short position grows in canola

CBOT net short position on soybeans more than doubled

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 22, 2024

Reading Time: < 1 minute The record large net short position in ICE Futures canola continued to rise in mid-January, as fund traders put on more bearish bets and liquidated long positions, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

CBOT corn ZCH24 on Jan. 19 with 20, 50 and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn futures decline for sixth week in a row

Short-covering, positioning and U.S. export demand advance corn and wheat Friday

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 19, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures lost ground for the sixth consecutive week and soybean futures declined the fifth week in a row after expectations for plentiful supplies pushed the markets to multi-year lows on Thursday.

Markets

Western Canadian wheat bids trend down with U.S. futures

Canadian dollar weakened relative to U.S. counterpart

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 19, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat bids in Western Canada continued to trend lower during the week ended Jan. 18, as a move to contract lows in the United States futures weighed on values and countered support from a weaker Canadian dollar.

CBOT soybeans ZSH24 on Jan. 18 with 20, 50 and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end higher after setting multi-year lows

Beneficial rains have eased concerns about crop damage in Brazil from drought

By Reuters, Tom Polansek January 18, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dropped to their lowest level in more than two years on Thursday and corn futures set a three-year low before the markets turned higher on short covering and technical buying, analysts said.

FILE PHOTO: People walk on the beach as a container ship crosses the Gulf of Suez towards the Red Sea before entering the Suez Canal, in El Ain El Sokhna in Suez, east of Cairo, Egypt April 24, 2017. Picture taken April 24, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

General, Reuters

Red Sea crisis cutting farm exports from Ukraine, minister says

Wheat shipments via Suez plunge amid Red Sea attacks: WTO

By Emma Farge, Pavel Polityuk, Reuters January 18, 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutes The situation in the Red Sea has led to a slowdown in Ukrainian agricultural exports in January, agriculture minister Mykola Solsky said on Thursday.

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Wheat

U.S. grains: Corn up 1.3 per cent on South America weather worries, softer dollar

Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise in technical rebound; corn ends firm, wheat flat

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise, led by soyoil and crude oil; wheat up, corn choppy

Early signs point to increased crop production in 2024/25: AAFC

Record large short position grows in canola

U.S. grains: Corn futures decline for sixth week in a row

Western Canadian wheat bids trend down with U.S. futures

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end higher after setting multi-year lows

Red Sea crisis cutting farm exports from Ukraine, minister says

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