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Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund short position in canola dips to four-month low

Net long increases in CBOT soybeans

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MarketsFarm — Speculators were busy covering short positions and putting on some fresh longs in the canola market during the week ended Nov. 1. That lowered the net short position in the ICE Futures canola market to its smallest level since the beginning of July, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled […] Read more
CBOT January 2023 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn sag on worries about China demand

Upcoming USDA data in focus

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped on Monday, retreating from a six-week high, pressured by fears about export demand after top buyer China denied it was considering easing its stringent zero-COVID policy. Traders were also adjusting positions ahead of monthly supply-and-demand reports due at mid-week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Wheat […] Read more
A farmer in China piles wheat. Photo: Reuters/File
Markets, Spring Wheat

China top destination for Canadian wheat through two months

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MarketsFarm – China was the main destination for Canadian wheat through the first two months of the 2022/23 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, according to the latest trade data from Statistics Canada. Canada exported 534,000 tonnes of wheat to China in August and September, accounting for about 20 per cent of Canada’s total wheat exports-to-date. Japan, Bangladesh […] Read more
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Cereals, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpinning Prairie feed market

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MarketsFarm – Canada’s barley crop may have improved considerably in 2022 compared to 2021’s drought-stricken crop, but the logistics of getting that grain to Alberta’s feedlot alley are keeping prices well supported. Canada grew 9.4 million tonnes of barley during the 2022 growing season, which was up by 35 per cent from the previous year. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower, halting win streak; corn, wheat also slide

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Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, pausing after a seven-session climb as lackluster U.S. export sales and macroeconomic worries weighed on prices, traders said. Corn and wheat also declined, with a sharply higher dollar hanging over the grain complex. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans SF3 settled down 17 cents at $14.37 […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s exports rise in September as wheat volumes rebound

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Ottawa | Reuters – Canada’s exports rose in September, largely driven by better wheat volumes and prices, while imports were also up, with both import and export values impacted by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The country’s trade surplus with the world widened to C$1.14 billion ($827.4 million) in […] Read more
Silage is more than “just” fibre, but not all fibre is created equal when it comes to cattle feeding.
Beef Cattle, Livestock, Research

Silage: more than just filler

Research on the Record with Reynold Bergen

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If starch (from grain) is the fuel in a feedlot diet, fibre (from a roughage such as silage) is the engine governor that slows digestion. A backgrounding diet might contain 60 per cent silage to moderate animal growth so that they grow frame and muscle without over-fattening. In finishing diets, grain levels are increased to […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps as Russia says it will resume Black Sea grain deal

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Paris/Chicago | Reuters – Wheat futures plummeted from Chicago to Europe on Wednesday after Russia said it would resume its participation in a deal to export grain from war-torn Ukraine, a reversal of its weekend decision to pull out of the deal in a move that had sent wheat futures surging higher. Corn followed wheat lower on the Black Sea […] Read more
“It’s pretty hard to digest, but I still say Russia needs money. They don’t want to stop any grain shipments that they can…” says one Illinois commodity trader. Photo: MaxZolotukhin/iStock/Getty Images Plus
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Russian flip-flop upsets markets, little change after Fed announcement

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MarketsFarm – A pair of announcements affected the Chicago Board of Trade by different magnitudes on Nov. 2. Four days after Russian officials said the country was pulling out of an agreement to allow Ukrainian grain shipments on the Black Sea, the Russian government announced on Nov. 2 it changed its mind and will re-enter […] Read more

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