Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures dropped to their lowest level in more than two years on Thursday and corn futures set a three-year low before the markets turned higher on short covering and technical buying, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures end higher after setting multi-year lows
Beneficial rains have eased concerns about crop damage in Brazil from drought
U.S. grains: Soy futures drop near two-year low, corn sets three-year low
Wheat ended nearly unchanged after touching seven-week low on Tuesday
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled near a two-year low on Wednesday as Brazilian crops benefited from improved weather and challenged U.S. exports on the global market, analysts said.
CBOT weekly outlook: USDA estimates, weather pulling prices down
Shipping costs due to re-routing away from embattled Red Sea also affecting markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Corn and soybean contracts hit new lows, while wheat saw its weakest prices in nearly two months on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) during the week ended Jan. 17.
U.S. grains: Corn plunges on robust supplies, sluggish US demand
Soybeans fell to lowest price in 26 months on larger Brazilian crops, U.S. yield
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago corn futures plunged to a three-year low on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that U.S. corn stocks swelled to their highest levels since 2018
USDA Brazil attaché cuts soybean projections for 2023/24
Several firms have dropped Brazil soybean projections on seeding delays, weather
Reading Time: 2 minutes With Brazil having faced opposing weather extremes, there’s little surprise the United States Department of Agriculture attaché cut their soybean production estimate for 2023/24. The Brasilia desk reduced its call from a record 162 million tonnes to 158.5 million in its latest report.
Brazil’s soybean harvest kicks off with low yields in Mato Grosso
Crops suffered from lack of humidity; now rains are hampering harvest in some areas
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brazilian soybean farmers have begun to reap their 2023/24 soybean crop, covering some 0.6 per cent of the national planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday.
ICE weekly outlook: No reason for strong rally in canola
Canola likely to pull back once trading gets back into full swing in New Year
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were strong gains for canola on the Intercontinental Exchange on Dec. 27, as trading resumed after being closed for Christmas and Boxing Day. However, the gain will likely not be the prelude to a major upswing in the oilseed’s prices. Rather, canola is likely to pull back once trading gets back into full swing after the New Year, according to analyst Bruce Burnett of MarketsFarm.
China approves seed firms for GMO corn and soybeans
The world's biggest buyer of soybeans and corn wants to reduce its reliance on imports
Reading Time: 2 minutes China has approved a first batch of seed companies to breed and sell genetically modified corn and soybean seeds, paving the way for commercial planting of GMO grains in a move that could cut its reliance on imports from the U.S. and Brazil.
Brazilian farmers slow fertilizer buys as drought dampens corn-planting plans
Fertilizer companies are already dealing with lower profits as prices sag
Reading Time: 3 minutes Brazil's drought is causing farmers there to delay fertilizer purchases for their upcoming corn-planting season, denting sales for global fertilizer suppliers in the world's top corn-exporting country, executives told Reuters.
Brazilian state launches mandatory tracking of cattle to stop deforestation
The state government plans to track all 24 million cattle in the Para region by the end of 2026
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil’s Para state, which leads the country for the highest levels of Amazon rainforest destruction, will launch a mandatory program to track cattle in a bid to crack down on related deforestation, a partner in the project said on Friday. Cattle pasture is the most common initial use for deforested […] Read more
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