Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures resumed their rally on Friday after a light setback a day earlier, climbing to 6-1/2-year highs on signs of fresh export demand and expectations that key U.S. crop reports next week will indicate tightening global supplies. Corn futures also rose, hovering near multi-year highs set this week above […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans to 6-1/2-year top on expectations of tightening stocks
Corn futures up, wheat retreats
CBOT weekly outlook: South American weather, labour issues prop up prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Market participants on the Chicago Board of Trade expect agriculture commodity prices to continue to rise in 2021. Terry Reilly, a grains analyst with Futures International, said corn is expected to hit around $5.25 per bushel, while soybeans will be around $14.50 (all figures US$). The March wheat contract is expected to reach […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans set fresh high on supply worries, technical buying
Chicago wheat, corn also close higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures soared on Tuesday, climbing to fresh 6-1/2-year highs on a mix of fund-driven technical buying and worries about South American supplies, analysts said. Corn followed soybeans higher but stayed below psychological resistance at the $5 per bushel mark (all figures US$). Wheat rose about two per cent, setting […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy rally extends into 2021
South America soybean supply fears continue; corn ends mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures extended a rally to 6-1/2-year highs before trimming gains on Monday as dry crop weather and disruptions to exports in South America continued to unsettle investors at a time of brisk Chinese demand, analysts said. Wheat closed modestly higher, while corn ended mixed, as both commodities pared gains […] Read more
2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – The column in this space a year ago led with the line ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ That line was a jumping off point for a decade-in-review piece pointing out some of the through lines of the grain markets during the previous ten years. Well, the pandemic hit […] Read more
A higher commitment
This independent farm in Kent County provides a valued service to private sector companies
Reading Time: 6 minutes The history of agriculture in Ontario’s Kent County is filled with superlatives. Its rich past includes decades of prosperity for area growers, who fed processors like Campbell’s and Libby’s with a variety of produce for over a century. Farm organizations such as the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board and the Ontario Soybean Growers also called […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: CWRS bids rise with U.S. futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, with gains in U.S. futures countered somewhat by ongoing strength in the Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $2 to up $4 per tonne, according to price quotes from […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans touch 6-1/2 year high
Corn follows as traders eye South American crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures surged to their highest in 6-1/2 years on Friday as the rain outlook in key South American growing areas remained uncertain, threatening harvest prospects as global demand strengthens, traders said. Forecasts of low U.S. soybean inventories and strong demand from U.S. processors and importers like China have made […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat, soybeans rally with exports in focus
CBOT March wheat passes US$6 mark
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures rose on Thursday, with soybeans soaring past the US$12 a bushel mark and hitting a fresh 4-1/2-year high after a strong weekly export report sparked a rally, traders said. The good demand for U.S. supplies highlighted concerns about potential harvest shortfalls in South […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: $12 soybeans possible
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There’s a good chance that soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) could reach US$12 per bushel before the end of December, according to grains analyst Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. “It’s very possible. We’re not too far away from it. We also got close to that point back on […] Read more
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