Reading Time: 2 minutes The planted area for U.S. corn in 2024 was determined to be 91.5 million acres, greater than the March USDA estimate of 90.04 million as well as the trade’s average guess of 90.35 million. However, the figure was nowhere close to last year’s acreage total of 94.64 million. After the release of the report, corn prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) reacted bearishly with contracts losing more than 20 U.S. cents per bushel.
U.S. corn acres, grain stocks higher than expected
U.S. farmers face harsh economics with record corn supplies in silos
Growers miscalculated when they held on to corn rather than booking sales, experts say
Reading Time: 5 minutes Farmers across the United States are kicking themselves for putting off corn sales after fields dried up in May and June, fueling expectations for higher prices and smaller harvests. Instead, prices tanked as rains saved the crop. The size and speed of the price collapse stung farmers and left their storage bins stuffed with record amounts of corn.
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn acres could drop further says strategist
Lower prices blamed on funds, 'too much farmer ownership'
Reading Time: < 1 minute Corn acres in the United States may end up even lower than early expectations if the market remains under pressure, according to an analyst.
CBOT weekly outlook: Bearish picture for commodities
Prices may not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows, says analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ahead of the United States Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum, analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. painted a rather bearish picture for the commodity markets. However, he noted that prices might not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows.
CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25
Southern U.S. cotton crop could cap soybean acres
Reading Time: < 1 minute As farmers in the United States get ready to plant their crops in 2024, there has been speculation of how much corn and soybeans they will plant.
StatCan trims Canadian corn, soy acreage estimates
Grain corn acreage still expected up from 2021 level
Reading Time: < 1 minute New Statistics Canada projections show the country’s grain corn and soybean growers have slightly curbed their enthusiasm for those crops compared to their intentions earlier in the year. StatCan on Tuesday released the results of its 2022 June field crop survey, conducted between May 13 and June 12, projecting Canadian corn area at 3.633 million […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: What happens with corn, will happen to soybeans
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Although there were no major changes to soybeans in June’s world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the commodity’s price shot up on the Chicago Board of Trade. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly WASDE report, in which estimated U.S. corn production was lowered by nine per […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle tumble as USDA report rallies corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures fell sharply on Thursday as a rally in the corn market sent feeder cattle tumbling and as weak cash cattle prices and rising supplies weighed on sentiment, traders said. The actively traded Chicago Mercantile Exchange June contract dropped by the three-cent-per-pound daily limit to settle at 102.575 […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn market attention shifts north
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower over the past week, but stabilized at those lows as attention shifts from weather concerns in Argentina to planting intentions in North America. Rains in Argentina over the past weekend helped ease dryness concerns there somewhat and caused soybeans and […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Soy faces bullish charts, bearish fundamentals
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade posted solid gains over the past month on the back of weather concerns in Argentina. While there’s more room to the upside from a technical standpoint, the fundamentals are starting to become old news. “I think the Argentine story is a little bit exaggerated, […] Read more
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