Reading Time: 2 minutes Tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump as well as weather concerns at home and abroad are creating a roller-coaster ride for U.S. grain futures during the week ended Jan. 22, 2025.
Wheat
CBOT Weekly: Headlines dictate U.S. futures
Tariff threats, weather cause up-and-down trade
U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally as Trump postpones threatened tariffs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a fresh one-year high on Tuesday, as the tariffs promised by newly sworn-in U.S. President Donald Trump did not materialize, traders said.
AAFC forecasts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2025
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farmers will plant more wheat and coarse grains in 2025 at the expense of oilseeds, according to the first supply/demand projections for the 2025/26 marketing year from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Jan. 20.
Research on the farm
After observing higher yield in some fields, an agronomist worked with a farmer client to set up a trial that yielded practical results
Reading Time: 8 minutes On-farm research is one of those things that sounds great in theory, especially with the technology at hand today. But how can agronomists and farmers reap results they can use, and count on? Saskatchewan crop consultant Mike Palmier offers one case study. Working with a farming client, he’s found that leaving taller crop stubble in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy climb on US-China optimism, Argentina weather jitters
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures climbed two per cent to a fresh one-year high on Friday and soybeans rose about 1.5 per cent ahead of a long holiday weekend, lifted by Argentine weather worries and cautious optimism about U.S.-China trade relations, analysts said.
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Bunge-Viterra deal ‘effectively ends competition’ says NFU
Feds’ conditions not near enough to alleviate concerns
Reading Time: < 1 minute The National Farmers Union denounced the approval of the Bunge-Viterra merger in a statement released on Jan. 17. The NFU said the multi-billion dollar deal “effectively ends competition in Canada’s agricultural commodity sector,” as it creates the world’s largest agricultural commodity trader, and it will control 40 per cent of the Canadian grain market.
High-protein wheat expected to survive tariffs
Analysts say the global appeal of Canadian Western Red Spring wheat will help cushion the effects of any U.S. levies
Reading Time: 3 minutes A 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods exported to the United States would be painful, say market analysts, but some agricultural sectors, such as canola, may feel it more than others. Meanwhile, high-protein wheat classes such as Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) may survive the new world order of international trade.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures retreat on profit-taking
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell about two per cent on Thursday as forecasts for much-needed rains in dry areas of Argentina's crop belt and expectations of a massive Brazilian soy harvest sparked a round of profit-taking, analysts said.
IGC trims global corn forecast
Reading Time: < 1 minute The International Grains Council (IGC) on Thursday cut its forecast for 2024/25 global corn production, largely reflecting a downward revision for the United States.
Feed Grain Weekly: Room to rise for feed barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rising United States corn futures and a weaker Canadian dollar have given Western Canadian feed grain prices a lift.