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CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates

MarketsFarm – Traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are positioning themselves ahead of the United States Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop estimates to be released on Aug. 12. Estimates from private firms and speculation over how accurate they will be compared to the USDA’s are making their mark on the markets. “I think […] Read more

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CN, CP railways break grain shipping records

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News 14 hours ago

MarketsFarm – It was a record-breaking year for both of Canada’s two major freight railways. In separate news releases to the public on August 3, both Canadian National Railway (CN Rail) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CP Rail) reported a record amount of grain moved during the 2020-21 crop year. For the first time ever, both […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on weather concern; global demand pressures corn, wheat

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News 15 hours ago

Chicago | Reuters – Corn and wheat futures slipped on Wednesday, tracking falls in outside energy markets as rising Delta-variant coronavirus cases raised worries that renewed restrictions could limit demand and overwhelmed recent weather concerns for U.S. crops. Chicago soybeans ended higher, supported by a private assessment of the U.S. crop, released Tuesday after the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on improved crop outlook, forecast

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News 2 days ago

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures sank on Tuesday after the previous day’s better-than-expected crop conditions report coupled with forecasts for rain across the U.S. Midwest as the oilseed begins to set seed pods. Corn and wheat also fell but found support from earlier hot, dry weather that will likely cut yields. The most-active […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures sag on end-of-month selling

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News 6 days ago

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures fell about 2 percent on Friday on technical selling and long liquidation at the end of the week and month, and on beneficial rains in portions of the Corn Belt, traders said. Wheat futures ended modestly lower but posted a gain for the month of July. […] Read more

Alberta’s barley harvest this year is expected to be ‘fairly light,’ according to one commodity trader. Photo: File

Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Reduced yields starting to become a reality

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News 6 days ago

MarketsFarm – As old crop stocks of feed barley and feed wheat continue to dwindle, the realization of reduced yields is now supporting bids for new crop. “Down here, there are a few guys that are starting to pull off some barley here in the next little bit. You’re going to find that the barley […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as dry weather hits U.S. spring crop; corn, soy follow

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 29, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures rose on Thursday, with the front contract rising above $7 a bushel for the first time in a week after findings from an annual U.S. crop tour showed the impact of drought in the northern Plains spring wheat belt. Corn and soybean futures closed […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on signs of drought damage in northern U.S. Plains

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News July 28, 2021

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures rose more than 2 percent on Wednesday on increasing concerns over U.S. supplies of top-quality spring wheat after early results from an annual crop tour showed the effects of drought in the northern Plains, traders said. Corn and soybean futures also firmed, but trade was choppy as brokers weighed […] Read more

Hot and dry weather has severely impacted spring wheat crops. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: More information needed for wheat, soybeans

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News July 28, 2021

MarketsFarm – As a spring wheat tour of the Northern Plains of the United States wraps up, grain traders are awaiting the results with great interest. “That has wheat excited all over again, because (traders are) already well aware yields are going to be quite low,” said Ryan Ettner, broker for Allendale Inc. in McHenry, […] Read more

North Dakota is the biggest U.S. producer of spring wheat, used in artisanal breads, pizza dough and bagels. Photo: Thinkstock

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Southern, eastern North Dakota spring wheat yields hurt by drought

By Karl Plume, GFM Network News July 28, 2021

Mandan, N.D. | Reuters – Spring wheat yields in southern and east central North Dakota are well below average as a severe drought slashed production potential in the country’s top producing state, scouts on an annual crop tour said on Tuesday. Crop scouts calculated an average spring wheat yield at 29.5 bushels per acre (bpa) […] Read more

CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates

CN, CP railways break grain shipping records

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on weather concern; global demand pressures corn, wheat

GFM Network News

CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates

CN, CP railways break grain shipping records

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on weather concern; global demand pressures corn, wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: Analysts await USDA crop estimates

CN, CP railways break grain shipping records

U.S. grains: Soybeans gain on weather concern; global demand pressures corn, wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on improved crop outlook, forecast

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures sag on end-of-month selling

Feed weekly outlook: Reduced yields starting to become a reality

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs as dry weather hits U.S. spring crop; corn, soy follow

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs on signs of drought damage in northern U.S. Plains

CBOT weekly outlook: More information needed for wheat, soybeans

Southern, eastern North Dakota spring wheat yields hurt by drought

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