Reading Time: 2minutes Chicago corn and wheat futures rose on Tuesday, lifted by worries about tensions in the Black Sea grain export region as well as cold weather slowing grain movement in the U.S. Midwest, analysts said. Soybeans were lower.
Reading Time: 2minutes Regardless of the United States government shutdown ending soon or not, the Department of Agriculture is set to issue its supply and demand report on Nov. 14. The USDA cancelled its October edition of World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates due to the shutdown and pushed back their November report a few days.
Reading Time: < 1minute Optimism over thawing trade relations between the United States and China gave soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade a boost during the week ended Oct. 29, with the advances in the soy market spilling into corn and wheat.
Reading Time: < 1minute Feed prices on the Canadian Prairies are likely to remain steady for the time being, said Brandon Motz, a manager at CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
Reading Time: 2minutes The United States grain and oilseed markets are currently dominated by two factors, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. Ettner said those are the absence of a trade deal with China and the ongoing United States government shutdown.
Reading Time: < 1minute While demand and activity is slowly ramping up for the fall cattle run, feed grain prices are currently in decline, said a Lethbridge, Alta.-based trader.
Reading Time: 1minute Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended higher on Tuesday after falling to a five-year low on abundant global supplies. Corn also higher, while soybeans end down.
Reading Time: 2minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose for a second straight day on Wednesday on expectations that U.S. harvest yields will be lower than the latest government forecast and on limited sales by farmers awaiting news from U.S.-China trade talks and details of government aid. Corn followed soybeans higher as an expected yield forecast […] Read more
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