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K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and CBOT July 2022 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheats up on ‘indisputably bullish’ cuts to harvest estimates

MGEX July wheat limit up, K.C. July wheat hits contract high

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures set contract highs on Thursday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) slashed its production forecast for the variety that is grown in the U.S. Plains and used to make bread. USDA, in a monthly crop report, projected hard red winter wheat output at 590 million bushels, down […] Read more
MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (candlesticks) with CBOT July 2022 wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Supply worries, weather spur rallies

Market awaits USDA world crop report; rains delay U.S. spring wheat plantings

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures jumped on Wednesday, as traders uneasy about world supplies adjusted positions a day before the release of U.S. crop data. Concerns about poor global crop weather helped support gains, with MGEX spring wheat futures setting contract highs as rains prevent plantings in the […] Read more
Shoot samples from a participant’s field during last year’s pilot project of the Yield Enhancement Network.
Cereals, Crops

A YEN to boost wheat yields

A cross-border initiative measures not only yield, but whether it’s reached the field’s potential

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Reading Time: 6 minutes The Great Lakes YEN, or Yield Enhancement Network: get used to the term because you’re going to hear more about it.  The project originated in the United Kingdom, where growers, agronomists, advisors, researchers and extension personnel have been working collaboratively since 2012 to improve wheat yields and focus on practices to increase on-farm efficiencies.  Conceived […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall after rains

Chicago soybeans, corn flat

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to three-week lows on Friday, led by hard red winter wheat contracts after showers in key growing parts of the U.S. Plains provided a much needed boost to soil moisture, traders said. Corn futures ended unchanged after spiking to their highest in nearly 10 years for the […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 soyoil (candlesticks, right column) with July 2022 soybeans (yellow line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high

Corn hits highest since August 2012

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to a record high on Wednesday after Indonesia broadened its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to fight food inflation, traders said. “The move dramatically tightens an already tight global supply of edible oils that saw global prices surge when the Russian invasion of Ukraine […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT soyoil futures fall from highs; pull soybeans lower

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures fell on Monday, retreating from all-time highs after Indonesia’s agriculture ministry said that crude palm oil shipments would be excluded from a planned palm oil export ban. The weakness in soyoil pressured soybeans and soymeal, which also faced bearish headwinds from a sharp drop in […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring falls back, durum rises

U.S. wheat futures down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Thursday incurred moderate losses in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) while durum (CWAD) pushed upward. Declines in the U.S. wheat complex led the way, with a higher Canadian dollar this week adding more pressure on Prairie wheat prices. […] Read more
Emerging winter wheat plants. (File photo by Laura Rance)
Crops, Weather

Not warm enough yet for accurate read on Ontario winter crops

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm –– The crop report on Wednesday from Ontario’s ministry of agriculture, food and rural affairs (OMAFRA) notes a lack of temperatures warm enough to accurately assess winter crops and/or to begin spring planting. OMAFRA determined winter wheat that was seeded on time looks healthier than what was planted later in the fall. Also, water […] Read more
CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on export optimism

Chicago wheat eases on profit-taking

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Wednesday, with the July contract hitting a two-month high on optimism about export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed, analysts said. Corn followed soybeans higher, with front contracts leading the way up in both markets. But wheat futures fell on profit-taking, easing a day after […] Read more

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