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CBOT November 2019 soybeans (candlesticks) and December 2019 corn (line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide following fresh round of China tariffs

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures hit a three-month low and soybeans neared a three-week bottom after China said it would impose additional tariffs on U.S. products including grains and soy, escalating the trade war between the world’s top two economies. On the Chicago Board of Trade, soybean futures posted the biggest declines. China […] Read more
Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Old-, new-crop barley prices converge

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Feed grains prices have been softening as old-crop and new-crop prices converge during harvest. Tracy Green, a grain broker with Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said Feedlot Alley is “well-covered” and waiting for harvest. However, buyers in central Alberta are seeing prices around $237 delivered for old-crop barley. For deliveries into Lethbridge for […] Read more
CBOT December 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher on cool weather

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures inched higher on Thursday, stabilizing from three-month lows set a day earlier, supported by worries that cool weather could slow the maturity of the delayed U.S. crop, analysts said. Wheat rose on technical buying and better-than-expected weekly U.S. export sales. But soybean futures declined, retreating from early strength […] Read more
CBOT November 2019 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on yield uncertainty

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed higher on Wednesday on technical buying and uncertainty about U.S. yield prospects, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures also firmed, steadying after the benchmark contracts for both grains dipped to three-month lows. Chicago Board of Trade November soybean futures settled up 4-3/4 cents at $8.73 per bushel […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Canada boosts 2019-20 wheat production estimate

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat production in 2019-20 is forecast to come in at 500,000 tonnes above an earlier forecast, according to updated supply/demand tables released Wednesday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Wheat ending stocks were also raised in the report, while adjustments to the canola tables led a slight reduction to the still record-large carryout […] Read more
CBOT December 2019 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on global supplies, drags corn lower

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to a three-month low on Tuesday, pressured by ample global supplies and technical selling, analysts said. Corn futures also hit a three-month low, turning down as wheat sagged and storms brought crop-friendly rains to the Midwest. But soybean futures clung to modest gains, supported by declining U.S. […] Read more
This IP program for hard red winter wheat is in place for winter wheat planting in the fall.
Cereals, Crops

Program aims to boost winter wheat production

Here’s a wheat IP initiative that looks to take the uncertainty out of the hard red winter market

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Into a 2019 growing season long on frustration and short on sunlight comes an opportunity for wheat growers in Ontario: identity-preservation (IP) programs aimed at boosting production of hard red winter wheat. The initiative is meant to tackle declining supply, which, according to some in the industry, has reached levels that pose a viability concern […] Read more
CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on beneficial weekend rains

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.6 per cent on Monday and soybean futures also declined after much-needed rains crossed dry areas of the Corn Belt over the weekend, bolstering crop production prospects, analysts said. Wheat followed the softer trend. Chicago Board of Trade December corn settled down 6-1/4 cents at $3.74-1/2 per […] Read more
Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit. (RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

USDA attache to Canada predicts larger wheat crop

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — A new report from the Ottawa-based attache to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) has raised its estimate of total wheat production in Canada for 2019. The report Thursday from attache Phil Hayes increases FAS’s estimate of wheat production in Canada for 2019 to 32.65 million tonnes, compared to last […] Read more

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