Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures eased on Thursday as a strong U.S. dollar added to concerns about lacklustre export demand, traders said. The dollar rose for a fourth straight session to a two-month high, making U.S. commodities look less attractive to importers. Favourable weather for planting of U.S. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Weak export demand, rising U.S. dollar pressure soy, corn
Markets consolidate before U.S. holiday weekend
Feed weekly outlook: Rain falls, grain prices to follow
U.S. corn values expected to decline
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada are showing the usual seasonal weakness as spring seeding continues, but prices are set to fall further. “I think as we get going, (prices) are going to lower down quite a bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. at Lethbridge said. “The corn market over the next […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Don’t bank on $700 canola, analyst suggests
Fresh bullish news not yet in view
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — New-crop canola prices on ICE Futures seemed to be destined to remain well below $700 per tonne, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “The market tends to be back where it came from,” Anderson said, stressing that chances of canola pushing higher requires fresh bullish news. “It’s got to […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Chicago soy, corn find chart support
Pre-Memorial Day positioning expected
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were testing lows in mid-May but appeared to have found some support for the time being. “We’re getting a little technical bounce off these lows,” said John Weyer, director of commercial hedging with Walsh Trading in Chicago. He had expected July soybeans to […] Read more
U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures wheat futures
CBOT corn firm, soy mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday on a round of profit-taking as traders said the market lacked fundamental inputs to drive prices higher a day after a rally driven by renewed concerns over a Black Sea deal. Corn futures were firm for the second day in a row, with old-crop contracts […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat up off two-year low, pulls corn higher
Soybeans down on profit-taking
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.6 per cent on Tuesday, bouncing from their lowest in more than two years, on concerns that Ukraine’s exports were being restricted despite the extension of the Black Sea export deal, traders said. The gains in wheat lent support to corn futures, while soybeans retreated on profit-taking […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rally
Wheat up off lowest level since March 2021
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Monday and wheat futures firmed as a round of bargain buying supported commodities prices after a bearish global supply picture pushed prices sharply lower this month. The benchmark Chicago Board of Trade wheat contract dropped below $6 a bushel for the first time in […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Barley market steady for now
Feedlots still importing U.S. corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada continue to hold steady, while attention in the market turns to the new crop going into the ground. “There currently is an uptick in demand for quick movement presenting good opportunities for producers ready to sell,” Alberta grain brokerage Agfinity said in a note to clients. “However, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Chicago futures roil as U.S. debt ceiling talks halt
Wheat turns down, after technical bounce early in session
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures slid sharply on technical trading on Friday, as investors rushed to liquidate their positions ahead of the weekend, traders said. The most-active soybean contract fell to the lowest prices seen since July — and several new-crop soybean contracts also plunged to new contract lows […] Read more
U.S. grains: July corn down on poor exports, strong crop prospects
CBOT soybeans, wheat also down; new-crop December corn up off decline
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell on Thursday to their lowest in 19 months, pressured by disappointing export data and prospects for big U.S. crops, analysts said. Soybean futures hit a 10-month low, and wheat futures slipped more than two per cent as an extension of a deal to allow war-ravaged Ukraine […] Read more
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