CBOT March 2024 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX March 2024 hard red spring wheat (yellow high/low/close) and K.C. March 2024 hard red winter wheat (orange H/L/C). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat futures hit contract lows

March corn falls 1.7 per cent, soybeans touch three-week low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures tumbled on Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, pressured by slow demand and technical selling and as traders liquidated positions ahead of Thursday’s first notice day for deliveries. Chicago Board of Trade March and May corn futures and all wheat contracts fell to contract lows while […] Read more

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil

Most-active K.C. wheat reaches July 2021 low

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled on Friday under pressure from favourable rains in Brazil, the biggest global supplier, analysts said. The market has pulled back about five per cent since jumping last week to its highest price since August amid concerns over hot, dry weather reducing output in northern […] Read more


CBOT January 2024 soybeans with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil

Wheat rises after Russian attack on Ukraine port; CBOT corn eases

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures lost more than one per cent on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has plagued crops in the top exporting nation, analysts said. Wheat rose on shipping concerns in the Black Sea after Russia’s strike on port infrastructure, while […] Read more

AAFC tweaks crop supply/demand estimates in November report

Estimates hold for most exports

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly adjusted its supply/demand estimates for November. AAFC published its latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday. Of Canada’s major crops, the department left the 2023-24 ending stocks for canola at one million tonnes and all wheat at 3.6 million, while all other reported crops were left […] Read more


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Ukraine could fail to meet future wheat demand if attacks continue, UN agency warns

Report shows 31 attacks on grain facilities since mid-July

Reading Time: 2 minutes United Nations | Reuters — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that Ukraine’s wheat production may be unable to meet domestic and export demand in the years to come if Black Sea export routes remain blocked and attacks on food infrastructure continue. WFP’s Ukraine director, Matthew Hollingworth, said a forthcoming report […] Read more

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soy, corn slip on improved weather in Brazil

Traders exit long positions ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving week

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures declined on Friday as the prospect of rain in drought-stricken Brazil eased crop concerns, while traders exited long positions heading into a shortened U.S. Thanksgiving trading week. Soybeans and corn dipped more than one per cent while wheat fell 0.5 per cent. The most-active soybean contract […] Read more



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USDA’s WASDE report throws a few curveballs

Corn carryover up significantly

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There were some surprises in the November world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released Thursday. USDA defied trade expectations when it came to 2023-24 ending stocks of U.S. corn, soybeans, and all wheat, with those being higher. As well, the department came in above what the […] Read more


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CBOT weekly outlook: Small changes expected in November WASDE

'Corn is going to be an issue in Brazil'

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There will likely be some minor tweaks to the November supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday. USDA is set to publish its world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) at 11 a.m. CT. “I would say the [U.S.] corn production estimates are very likely to hold steady, […] Read more

CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn drops to seven-week low

Wheat, soybeans move higher

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest point in seven weeks on Wednesday as the harvest continued and showed better than expected yields, while weather forecasts improved in crop areas of South America. Wheat and soybean prices were modestly higher in rangebound trading. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn closed […] Read more