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Victoria Falls, on the Zambezi River on Zimbabwe’s northwestern border with Zambia. (CIA.gov)

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

By Reuters January 23, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe has only 100,000 tonnes of grain in its strategic reserves, enough to last just over a month, as the southern African nation suffers the effects of a severe drought, according to the agriculture minister. More than half the country’s population faces food shortages after maize harvests halved last year. The […] Read more

Vanessa Kummer checks the quality of her family farm’s 2018 soybean crops near Colfax, N.D. on Aug. 6, 2019. (Photo: Reuters/Dan Koeck)

Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Weather

U.S. books latest end to soy harvest in a decade

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 13, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm —The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its oilseed crops outlook issued Wednesday, said the country’s 2019 soybean harvest will wind up the latest in 10 years. As of Sunday, the overall U.S. soybean harvest stood at 85 per cent complete, according to USDA’s weekly crop progress report. The pace was two points behind […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy prices to continue climbing

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 16, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Prices on the Chicago Board of Trade will probably continue to climb, especially for corn and soybeans, according to Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodities. “The basis remains strong and when the basis is strong, as far as I am concerned, that means the futures should be strong,” he said. Although CBOT bids have […] Read more

File photo of a sunflower crop in Manitoba. (MysticEnergy/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Manitoba sunflowers not calling it quits just yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 17, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Manitoba farmers may have seeded the smallest sunflower acres in eight years this spring, but the crop is in reasonably good shape heading into the harvest later in the fall. “I do expect to see better crops this year than last year,” said Cody Burton, purchasing manager with Nestibo Agra at Deloraine, Man. […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Trump trade-war aid sows frustration in farm country

By P.J. Huffstutter September 13, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutes Rochester, Minnesota | Reuters — The U.S. government is paying Texas cotton farmer J. Walt Hagood US$145 an acre for losses related to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade policies. But Minnesota soybean farmer Betsy Jensen will get just US$35 an acre. Both farmers’ sales have taken heavy blows in Trump’s trade war with China. Neither […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Market stuck in range until acreage report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 17, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Until the U.S. Department of Agriculture issues its next acreage report, expect the Chicago Board of Trade to remain stuck within a range, a trader said. “Until the August report and the USDA verifies the plenty of preventative planting acres, and if August happens to be hot and dry side, I can expect […] Read more

Crops, Machinery, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. Midwest floods to weigh on diesel demand come harvest

By Stephanie Kelly July 11, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Putnam County, Ill. | Reuters — A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola (candlestick chart) compared to CBOT July 2019 corn (line). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: All eyes on King Corn

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 3, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts trended lower over the past two weeks and could have some more room to the downside before eventually returning higher with summer weather markets and expected strength in Chicago corn futures. The November canola contract settled at $450.40 per tonne on Wednesday. The contract could have another $5-$10 to […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down second session after five-year high

By Julie Ingwersen June 19, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, sagging for a second straight session as an absence of fresh bullish news prompted investors to book profits after multi-year highs set this week. Soybean and wheat futures followed the weak trend, with a few analysts citing improving U.S. weather forecasts. […] Read more

CBOT July 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn down on profit-taking as planting ‘virtually done’

By Julie Ingwersen June 18, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Tuesday as government data showing a rain-delayed planting campaign was nearing an end encouraged a pause in a rally that took prices to a five-year high a day earlier. Wheat futures sank on profit-taking and competition for global export business. Soybeans edged higher, supported by ongoing […] Read more

Daily Network News

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