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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn set to start New Year off weaker

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Fundamental features are likely to pressure technical soybean and corn markets at the Chicago Board of Trade, one U.S. analyst says, keeping a lid on prices into the New Year. Soybeans — “I’m outright bearish on the beans,” said Preston Zacharias, market analyst at CHS Hedging. The January contract for soybeans will […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn watch South American weather

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, while corn held steady, with South American weather conditions expected to provide much of the direction going forward. “We’re pretty much trading one weather report at a time,” said Sean Lusk, director of commercial hedging with Walsh […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

Large yields keep Manitoba farmers looking to corn

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba corn growers saw record yields this year despite an adverse harvest — and that trend of big crops is expected to continue, as varieties improve and more farmers commit to the crop. “It appears that the trend is headed toward larger (corn) crops,” said Myron Krahn, president of the Manitoba Corn […] Read more
A close-up of emerging corn seedlings north of London, Ont. on May 24, 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Corn, Crops, Soybeans, Weather

StatsCan confirms drought impact on Ontario yield

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Statistics Canada has confirmed what most farmers in Ontario knew this past summer: Hot and droughty conditions drove production of corn and soybeans almost 10 per cent lower than 2015 levels. StatsCan’s harvest report, released this week, also showed the large wheat crop in Ontario was a record, with a 56 per cent increase in […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Technicals trump recent support in soy

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade look technically bearish, one U.S. analyst says, but spec-longs may keep support in the market. Corn futures, meanwhile, are expected to continue in a rangebound trend. “Corn is still basically in a trading range; it doesn’t excite people. Beans, they’re all over the place,” […] Read more
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Corn, Crops

A market for non-GMO corn

Consumer demand is having a larger impact on what and how farmers may grow

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Reading Time: 5 minutes In times with volatile commodity prices, farmers are apt to put more effort into researching opportunities such as identity-preserved markets, particularly for soybeans. After all, as we often hear, a $1 premium looks better if soybeans drop towards $10 per bushel than when they’re above $13. But what if there could be IP premiums for […] Read more
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Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn still rangebound despite recent gains

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but have little fundamental reason to continue in that direction, according to an analyst. Looking at corn, that market will be stuck in a sideways trading range for the foreseeable future, according to Preston Zacharias, […] Read more

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