Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Grains Council (IGC) has raised its forecast for 2025/26 global corn production, driven by an improved outlook in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States.
IGC raises world corn crop forecast, trims wheat
CBOT Weekly: Easter rains could spring delays on planting progress
Trump a wildcard
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the United States weather forecast calling for rain on April 18 and 21, planting progress could come to a quick stop, said broker Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net in Chicago.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on weaker dollar; tariff threats priced in
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures gained strength on Wednesday from a weaker dollar and a report that China would be open to trade negotiations with the U.S., though big supplies from South America and nearly nonexistent Chinese demand for U.S. beans continued to loom over the market, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slip from highs on weak export demand, trade tensions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures fell on Tuesday, a day after hitting a seven-week high, under pressure from weak demand from top buyer China amid an escalating trade war and Brazil's bumper soybean harvest.
U.S. grains: US wheat futures sag on rain forecast; corn down, soy ends mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures fell on Monday, pressured by forecasts for improving weather in dry areas of the Plains production belt and spillover weakness as European wheat futures hit one-year lows, brokers said.
APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26
Cold snap halts spring seeding
Reading Time: 2 minutes As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on sliding dollar
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago wheat futures rallied Friday as the dollar weakened against other major currencies, while corn firmed on U.S. Department of Agriculture data and soybeans climbed, unruffled by the latest hike in China's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Movement in cash prices mixed
Most spring wheat rises, durum slightly lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes While Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mostly higher during the week ended April 10, those for amber durum eased back.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans continue to climb on USDA numbers, tariff delays
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago soybean futures extended gains on Thursday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its monthly supply and demand numbers, and delays to some U.S. and European Union tariffs eased concerns about U.S. crop exports.
CBOT Weekly: April S/D report generates few changes
Trump tariffs on, off days prior to report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Very little changed in the monthly supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture on April 10 from its March estimates, including the note at the top stating the data considered the trade policies at the time of publication.
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