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Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm 5 days ago

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “We did have some […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

By Tom Polansek September 26, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures finished near unchanged on Thursday after initially rising on hopes for further Chinese purchases, traders said. China, the world’s largest soybean importer, will buy about six million tonnes of soy from the United States before trade talks in early October, said a chief analyst at Shanghai JC Intelligence […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm September 26, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The slide in western Canadian feed grain prices over the past few months shows signs of slowing, as concerns over harvest delays supplant earlier concerns over large crops and quality downgrades. “The weather over the next week or so doesn’t look that great,” Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge said Thursday. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm September 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Weather-related quality issues with North American spring wheat crops saw Minneapolis spring wheat futures rally sharply over the past three weeks, with more room to the upside as concerns mount over the state of the crop. The December contract hit a multi-year low of $4.865 per bushel at the beginning of September, but […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

By P.J. Huffstutter September 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday as investors worried U.S.-China trade relations could escalate and as thoughts of frost impacting U.S. Midwest yields began to ease, traders said. Soybean futures faced pressure after President Donald Trump criticized Chinese policy in his address at the United Nations on Tuesday, reviving worries that […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Minneapolis, K.C. wheat futures rise

By Mark Weinraub September 23, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Monday, rebounding from a sharp drop on Friday, on fresh export deals with China and rising concerns that rains in the U.S. Midwest could lower crop quality just ahead of harvest, traders said. The adverse weather also supported corn futures while wheat futures were mixed. The […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

By Julie Ingwersen September 20, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Excessively wet conditions in the northern U.S. Plains and Canadian Prairies have hurt the quality of the region’s spring and durum wheat crops, potentially tightening supplies of top grades of the grains, handlers and agronomists said. Rains and heavy dew have slowed the harvest and, worse, caused mature, un-harvested wheat kernels […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Spring wheat sinks to 10-year low on burdensome supplies

By Tom Polansek August 30, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures tumbled to a 10-year low on Friday under pressure from massive supplies, cutting prices for makers of artisanal breads, bagels and pizza crust. The decline hurts farmers across North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota who are in the process of harvesting a large crop for the second […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm June 4, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Durum bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady, with prices only seeing small moves over the past month despite larger swings in spring wheat. Durum prices in southern Saskatchewan have traded in the $235-$243 per tonne area over the past month, a relatively narrow $8 trading range compared to Canada Western Red […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn extends rally, wheat touches six-week high

By P.J. Huffstutter May 17, 2019

Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures extended their rally on Friday, jumping to a four-month high, as forecasts of heavy rain sweeping a wide path across the U.S. Midwest next week fuelled concerns about worsening planting delays. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn prices rose for the fifth session, trading through its 100-day moving […] Read more

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Tag Archives Spring Wheat

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

U.S. grains: Soy futures end near unchanged

Feed weekly outlook: Barley’s slide slows as harvest drags

Spring wheat futures rally on North American weather woes

U.S. grains: Soybeans slip on weather, Chinese buying concerns

U.S. grains: Minneapolis, K.C. wheat futures rise

Wet harvests hurt U.S., Canadian spring wheat quality

U.S. grains: Spring wheat sinks to 10-year low on burdensome supplies

Durum market holds steady despite spring wheat swings

U.S. grains: Corn extends rally, wheat touches six-week high

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