Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) benchmark wheat futures fell on Wednesday after ticking up in the early session as much-needed rainfall reaches key wheat-growing areas of the U.S. Plains and southern Russia.
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U.S. grains: Wheat resumes fall after rain, soy up on technical trading
Bird flu testing shows more dairy products are safe, US FDA says
Reading Time: < 1 minute The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that preliminary results of additional testing of more dairy products has shown that pasteurization inactivates the bird flu virus.
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide as soyoil plummets; wheat, corn sag
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Tuesday as falling soyoil prices dragged down the soy complex amid weak demand, deliveries against the May futures contract and market uncertainty, traders said.
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles as Russian rain forecast spurs profit taking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago benchmark wheat futures WN24 fell more than two per cent on Monday, snapping a seven-session rally, as the crop outlook in top exporter Russia improved on forecasts for rain, analysts said.
Colorado dairy herd added to bird flu case count
USDA to analyze samples of ground beef from stores in states with known infections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Colorado is the latest state to confirm cases of bird flu in a dairy herd, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on April 25.
Bird flu traces found in one in five US commercial milk samples, says FDA
Reading Time: < 1 minute About one in five samples of commercial milk in the U.S. tested positive for traces of bird flu in a national survey, with a greater proportion coming from areas with infected herds, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said.
U.S. grains: Wheat climbs with dry weather fears continuing
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures hit highs not seen since January for a second day, as anxiety over dry weather conditions persisted for top exporter Russia.
Canadian corn imports expected to slow in 2024/25
Reading Time: 2 minutes Early expectations point to increased Canadian grain production in 2024/25, which should cut into corn imports from the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Ottawa.
U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures continued their steady climb on Wednesday, as dry weather raised concerns in key growing regions and Russian attacks in the Black Sea area threatened to disrupt supply chains.
CBOT weekly outlook: May futures winding down, coming rains factor into prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the last full of week of April is set to wind down, two factors will determine the course of United States soybean, corn and wheat futures. Those are the rain forecast for the weekend of Apr. 27 and 28, and last day for May futures on Apr. 26, according to hedging strategist Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net.