Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids were higher during the week ended Feb. 24, as a rally in the United States futures provided support.
Prairie CWRS wheat bids rise with U.S. futures
Pulse weekly: USDA to buy US$75 million in pulses as part of support package
Reading Time: < 1 minute Pulse growers in the United States have a new market after a recently announced program from the U.S. Department of Agriculture allocated US$75 million to purchase peas, lentils, beans and chickpeas.
Funds move to net long in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders moved to a net long position in canola for the first time in five months in mid February, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Rallying soyoil supportive
Reading Time: < 1 minute ICE Futures canola contracts were underpinned by a rally in Chicago soyoil during the week ended Feb. 18, but the Canadian oilseed ran into upside chart resistance that tempered gains.
U.S. grains: Soybeans steady, grains higher
Reading Time: < 1 minute SOYBEAN futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were narrowly mixed at the Wednesday’s close, holding near three-month highs. WHEAT futures corrected higher amid ideas recent losses were overdone. CORN futures were up in sympathy with wheat, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Ag Outlook Forum a feature.
CBOT weekly: Little chance of February rally in corn/soybeans
Reading Time: < 1 minute Updated supply demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture, released Feb. 10, included only minor adjustments and provided little direction for the corn and soybean markets headed through the slow February trading period.
Only small adjustments in latest USDA supply/demand estimates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn ending stocks in the United States for 2025/26 will be slightly tighter than earlier expectations, but still record-large, according to updated supply/demand tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Feb. 10.
Funds exiting short positions in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders reduced their net short position in canola futures for the fourth straight week in the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday.
Large Prairie crops lead to increased December stocks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bumper crops in Western Canada led to larger stocks of wheat, canola, barley and oats in the country as of Dec. 31, 2025, according to the latest stocks of principal field crops data from Statistics Canada, released Feb. 6.
Feed grain weekly: Barley bids firm in early February
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some modest strength recently, although holding rangebound overall.
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