Reading Time: 2 minutes With the United States weather forecast calling for rain on April 18 and 21, planting progress could come to a quick stop, said broker Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net in Chicago.
CBOT Weekly: Easter rains could spring delays on planting progress
Trump a wildcard
APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26
Cold snap halts spring seeding
Reading Time: 2 minutes As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.
Uruguay’s soybean contributions rank 11th in the world
Reading Time: < 1 minute Most often when one thinks of South American soybeans, Brazil and Argentina spring to mind. After all, they are the number one and three soybean producers in the world. But Uruguay is among three other somewhat significant soybean growers on the continent.
CBOT Weekly: April S/D report generates few changes
Trump tariffs on, off days prior to report
Reading Time: 2 minutes Very little changed in the monthly supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture on April 10 from its March estimates, including the note at the top stating the data considered the trade policies at the time of publication.
CBOT Weekly: Soy takes hardest hit with Trump tariffs
Biodiesel plan boosted Chicago soy
Reading Time: 2 minutes The day after the so-called 'Liberation Day' the Chicago Board of Trade was experiencing a mixed reaction, said broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.
ICE Canada Weekly: U.S. tariffs may not topple canola market
Reading Time: 2 minutes Potential U.S. tariffs on Canadian canola imports may not cause prices to come down, according to an analyst.
Less corn, more soybeans, wheat stocks says USDA report
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the trade expected, stocks of United States corn fell back compared to a year ago while those for soybeans and wheat came in higher. The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its grains stocks as of March 1 report on Monday.
More corn to be seeded, USDA forecasts
Reading Time: 2 minutes As expected, there's to be an increase in corn plantings this spring, the United States Department of Agriculture estimated in its prospective planting report released on March 31. As well, the USDA reduced soybean and all wheat plantings.
CBOT Weekly: USDA plantings, stocks reports out March 31
Corn should be the winner in both reports
Reading Time: 2 minutes March 31 will be a busy day in the commodities market with the United States Department of Agriculture scheduled to release two major reports. At 11 am CDT on that Monday, the USDA will issue its grain stocks as of March 1 report along with its prospective plantings estimates for this spring.
Brazil continuing to expand its soybeans
Attache calls for record output, exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes With Brazil's planted and harvest soybean area to expand by 900,000 hectares in 2026, the United States Department of Agriculture attaché; in Brasilia forecast production to increase 3.50 million tonnes at record 173 million.
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