Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian wheat and canola production in 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) surpassed early expectations to hit new record highs, according to updated survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada released Dec. 4.
Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada
CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases
Reading Time: 2 minutes As activity at the Chicago Board of Trade shifts into holiday mode through the New Year, independent analyst Terry Reilly pointed to three things to watch over the next few weeks.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures climb on Black Sea tensions
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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.
U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday from a one-week top on a lack of fresh soy sales to top buyer China and lingering doubts over whether the Asian nation will buy 12 million tonnes of the oilseed by the end of 2025
Feed Grains Weekly: Good export demand pushing up domestic prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices for feed barley and wheat have been trending higher lately, said analyst Jerry Klassen of Resilient Capital in Winnipeg.
CBOT Weekly: Prices decline, but find strength before Thanksgiving
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. grain and oilseed futures showed losses earlier in the week ended Nov. 26, 2025, but later rallied to pare or eliminate their losses.
Wet grain, Russian attacks on railways hit Ukrainian corn exports, union says
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Reading Time: < 1 minute High grain moisture content and logistical woes caused by Russian attacks have slashed Ukraine’s corn exports from Black Sea ports in November and may do so again in December, farmers’ union UAC said on Tuesday.
U.S. grains: Soybeans mixed on doubts over Chinese demand
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures were mixed at Friday’s close at the end of a see-saw week during which Chinese purchases of U.S. supplies pushed prices to a 17-month high before doubts about whether China would sustain such buying punctured the rally.
USDA predicts more wheat in Australia, smaller crops elsewhere
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia will grow more wheat in 2025/26 than earlier expectations, but production will likely be down on the year in Turkey and Kazakhstan, according to several attaché reports released by the United States Department of Agriculture on Nov. 20, as it continues to catch up following the federal government shutdown.
CBOT weekly: Soybeans watching export news
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to their highest levels in a year-and-a-half on Nov. 18, as optimism over increasing sales to China provided support. However, more business will be needed to sustain the upward move, with traders uncertain whether the stated targets will be reached.
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