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CBOT May 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Chicago futures lower on U.S. weather outlooks

Traders keep eye on warming trend for northern states

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures closed lower on Wednesday after a day of ups and downs on improved weather outlooks for planting season in the U.S. and market readjustments from technically oversold positions, traders said. The prospect of a drier, warmer spell boosting spring field work in the northern farm belt that […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on better weather, profit-taking

U.S. winter wheat crop rating reported at lowest since 1989

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains futures closed lower on Tuesday as traders took profits, analysts said, while improving weather forecasts eased concerns about planting in the United States. Blizzard warnings were posted on Tuesday across most of the northern Plains spring wheat belt, but forecasts called for a turn to warmer and drier […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola short position finally subsiding

CBOT wheat, corn also net short

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — After hitting the largest speculative short position in canola on record, managed money fund traders were finally covering those bearish bets in late March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of March 28, the net managed money short position in canola futures […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soybeans with 20-day moving average (right column) and NYMEX May 2023 West Texas intermediate crude oil (black line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, wheat up on energy boost

Crude oil jumps on surprise OPEC+ output cuts

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures closed higher on Monday, boosted by a rally in energy markets and concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Corn closed lower, however, as weather forecasts showed slightly drier conditions that would be favourable to planting, analysts said. Oil prices spiked after a surprise announcement by OPEC+ […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on supportive USDA data

Corn mixed; May wheat unchanged on day

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 2.1 per cent on Friday, climbing back above US$15 a bushel for the first time since mid-March after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for 2023 plantings and its March 1 soy stockpiles estimate both came in at the low end of trade expectations. Corn futures ended […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat down off Wednesday’s one-month high

USDA stocks, prospective plantings reports due out Friday

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday on profit-taking after one-month highs a day earlier and reminders of strong competition for global export business, analysts said. Nearby corn and soybean futures drifted lower as traders squared positions ahead of key U.S. plantings and stocks reports due on Friday. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders await stocks, plantings reports

USDA estimates due out Friday

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will play close attention to a pair of reports due out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday at 11 a.m. CT. The Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports will provide a glimpse as to how much of each crop remains in the […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up on Cargill’s Russia decision

Corn firm ahead of U.S. planting report; soy up on Argentina concerns

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied and closed higher on Wednesday, after global grain trader Cargill said it would take a further step back from the Russian market by no longer handling the top wheat supplier’s grain at its export terminal from July. Cargill’s shipping unit will continue to carry grain from the country’s ports, […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat gain on planting doubts

CBOT corn steadies

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday and corn closed nearly flat as traders had doubts about planting delays and adverse weather with an eye toward a key U.S. crop seedings report at the end of the week. Traders squared positions as they looked ahead to Friday’s annual U.S. Agriculture Department […] Read more
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up on U.S. planting uncertainty

Hard wheats 'leading the way'

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed losses to close higher on Monday on concerns about U.S. planting delays, and wheat and soy also made gains. Corn made its comeback later in the session as traders speculated on weather conditions and planting schedules for springtime crops as cold temperatures linger in the northern […] Read more

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