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Corn, Crops

Canada gets in on U.S. trade challenge of Mexico’s GM corn ban

Canada to have third party role in CUSMA dispute consultations

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A U.S. challenge under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement (CUSMA), against Mexico’s planned ban on genetically modified corn, will now also have Canada at the table. Rob Stewart, Canada’s deputy minister for international trade, wrote Friday to U.S. and Mexican trade officials, formally announcing Canada’s intent to take part in the CUSMA dispute settlement consultations […] Read more
Canadian barley outlook
Barley, Feed markets, Market talk

Canadian barley outlook

Market Talk with Jerry Klassen

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Statistics Canada’s acreage survey of 9,500 farmers was conducted between December 12 and January 14, 2023. Survey results were released on April 26. Commodity and fertilizer prices have changed significantly since winter. Although the data may be out of date, traders are using it as a starting point to project upcoming production. On the winter […] Read more
CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks, right scale) with MGEX July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line, left scale) and K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line, left scale). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rebound

Corn, soybeans close firm

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Thursday, bouncing back from a sharp sell-off a day earlier on support from technical buying and concerns about supply disruptions stemming from the Russia-Ukraine war, traders said. Corn and soybeans also closed in positive territory, with old-crop contracts supported by expectations that supplies will remain tight […] Read more
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Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Market in a waiting game

U.S. corn, available wheat keep market supplied

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MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada is holding relatively steady for the time being as both buyers and sellers wait to get a better handle on new-crop production. “It’s a waiting game at this point between the farmer and the feedlot,” said grain merchant Jay Janzen of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Ending stocks of corn, soy predicted to rise

Ending stocks of wheat projected to drop as drought hits Kansas winter wheat

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MarketsFarm — Ahead of supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture due out Friday, analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. predicted increases in 2023-24 ending stocks for U.S. corn and soybeans and decline for wheat. The average trade guess for wheat going into this month’s report was approximately 570 […] Read more
CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average (green line, right column) and MGEX and K.C. July 2023 wheats (yellow and orange lines, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures snap winning streak

Corn weak, soybeans mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Wednesday, with the most-active Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract snapping a five-session rally that had pushed prices to their highest in nearly three weeks, traders said. But concerns about export demand for U.S. supplies pulled wheat prices lower, with high-protein offerings notching […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Funds also net short in MGEX and CBOT wheat, corn

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MarketsFarm — Speculative fund traders added to their net short position in canola during the week ended May 30, putting on more bearish bets while also liquidating some previous longs, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of May 30, the net managed money short […] Read more
CBOT July corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures sag on demand woes

U.S. wheat futures firm

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, retreating from gains made during the overnight trading session on signs that already light export demand for U.S. supplies had weakened further, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, with the biggest gains being notched by K.C. hard red winter wheat […] Read more
File photo of a cornfield in Mexico. (Roberto Cabrera/iStock/Getty Images)
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn

Canada 'considering next steps'

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Mexico City | Reuters — The U.S. is escalating its conflict with Mexico over agriculture biotech measures, including the stance on genetically modified (GM) corn, by requesting dispute settlement consultations, senior officials of the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Friday. The North American neighbours are inching closer to a full-blown trade dispute under the […] Read more

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