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

U.S. grains: Chicago futures lower on U.S. weather outlooks

Traders keep eye on warming trend for northern states

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures closed lower on Wednesday after a day of ups and downs on improved weather outlooks for planting season in the U.S. and market readjustments from technically oversold positions, traders said. The prospect of a drier, warmer spell boosting spring field work in the northern farm belt that […] Read more

CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on better weather, profit-taking

U.S. winter wheat crop rating reported at lowest since 1989

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains futures closed lower on Tuesday as traders took profits, analysts said, while improving weather forecasts eased concerns about planting in the United States. Blizzard warnings were posted on Tuesday across most of the northern Plains spring wheat belt, but forecasts called for a turn to warmer and drier […] Read more


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Canola short position finally subsiding

CBOT wheat, corn also net short

MarketsFarm — After hitting the largest speculative short position in canola on record, managed money fund traders were finally covering those bearish bets in late March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of March 28, the net managed money short position in canola futures […] Read more

CBOT May 2023 soybeans with 20-day moving average (right column) and NYMEX May 2023 West Texas intermediate crude oil (black line, left column). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, wheat up on energy boost

Crude oil jumps on surprise OPEC+ output cuts

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures closed higher on Monday, boosted by a rally in energy markets and concerns over U.S. crop conditions. Corn closed lower, however, as weather forecasts showed slightly drier conditions that would be favourable to planting, analysts said. Oil prices spiked after a surprise announcement by OPEC+ […] Read more


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

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on supportive USDA data

Corn mixed; May wheat unchanged on day

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose 2.1 per cent on Friday, climbing back above US$15 a bushel for the first time since mid-March after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for 2023 plantings and its March 1 soy stockpiles estimate both came in at the low end of trade expectations. Corn futures ended […] Read more



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Feed weekly outlook: Prices continue to soften as April approaches

Seeding start in Alberta remains a question mark

MarketsFarm — Corn is still moving into feedlots in southern Alberta as it approaches not only the end of its contracts, but also the end of winter. “We’ve been seeing here in Lethbridge prices at $395-$400 per tonne ($10.03-$10.16 per bushel),” said Erin Harakal, trade manager at Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “It seems […] Read more

CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat down off Wednesday’s one-month high

USDA stocks, prospective plantings reports due out Friday

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday on profit-taking after one-month highs a day earlier and reminders of strong competition for global export business, analysts said. Nearby corn and soybean futures drifted lower as traders squared positions ahead of key U.S. plantings and stocks reports due on Friday. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more



CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat up on Cargill’s Russia decision

Corn firm ahead of U.S. planting report; soy up on Argentina concerns

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied and closed higher on Wednesday, after global grain trader Cargill said it would take a further step back from the Russian market by no longer handling the top wheat supplier’s grain at its export terminal from July. Cargill’s shipping unit will continue to carry grain from the country’s ports, […] Read more