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Domestic barley prices are likely to hold steady for now. Photo: Canada Beef Inc.

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices starting to soften

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News June 23, 2022

MarketsFarm – It appears that the days of feedlots on the Prairies primarily using corn may be coming to an end. After nearly a year of feedlots importing corn from the United States, due to tight supply and higher prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada, demand has mostly turned towards cereal […] Read more

File photo of Black Sea port facilities at Odesa, Ukraine. (Leskas/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russia strikes Ukraine port

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News June 22, 2022

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. wheat futures firmed on Wednesday, rebounding from a sharp decline a day earlier as investors covered short positions following a Russian strike on a port in Ukraine that renewed fears about supply shortages, traders said. “Wheat was mostly higher today … after Russia unleashed a missile attack damaging at least […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

By Pavel Polityuk, GFM Network News June 22, 2022

Reuters – Ukrainian grain exports in the first 22 days of June fell by 48 per cent from a year earlier to 907,000 tonnes, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday. The volumes included 803,000 tonnes of corn, 78,000 tonnes of wheat and 21,000 tonnes of barley, the data showed. Ukraine exported up to 6 million […] Read more

CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Chicago corn, soybeans also weak

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News June 21, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 5.7 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest level in 2-1/2 months, pressured by early harvesting in the United States and Europe as well as fresh efforts to boost the amount of grain shipped from Ukraine. Corn futures were down three per cent as weather forecasts turned […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids firm as loonie falls

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as heavy losses in the Canadian dollar more than countered the bearish influence of weakening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $4.50-$7.40 per tonne during the week ended Thursday, […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola net long position smallest in 10 months

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 18, 2022

MarketsFarm — The net long position held by fund traders in the ICE Futures canola market continued to dwindle in the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), hitting its smallest level since August 2021. The net managed money long position in ICE Futures canola came in […] Read more

CME July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (green and black lines), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on harvest pressure, firmer U.S. dollar

Hot Midwest spell raises early concerns about corn, soy yields

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News June 18, 2022

Indianapolis | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Friday, erasing gains earlier in the week as harvest pressure weighs and a firmer dollar limits export business, traders said. Corn inched higher, finding a fresh one-month high, supported by hot weather in the U.S. Midwest that could threaten crops, while soybeans traded near even heading […] Read more

File photo of a barley seedling. (SusanHSmith/iStock/Getty Images)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News June 17, 2022

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in Alberta and western Saskatchewan over the past week should give grain crops a good start to the growing season — and put some pressure on the feed grain market, which remains at historically high prices after last year’s drought. The rain “will kick the production can a fairly good ways […] Read more

CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (purple and black lines), MGEX July 2022 wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on weaker U.S. dollar

Midwest heat lifts corn, soy

By Christopher Walljasper, GFM Network News June 17, 2022

Indianapolis | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat climbed on Thursday, supported by a weaker dollar and continued uncertainty as Ukraine attempts to move grain exports through the Black Sea. Corn and soybeans firmed as hot, dry weather across the U.S. Midwest threatened to stress recently-planted crops. The most-active wheat contract of the Chicago […] Read more

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. interest rate decision could shake futures

Heat in forecast keeping U.S. corn supported

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News June 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — Commodity prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were certainly affected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply/demand estimates released last Friday — but may be shaken again after the U.S. Federal Reserve decided to raise its key interest rate by 0.75 of a point. Ryan Ettner, a commodity broker […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices starting to soften

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russia strikes Ukraine port

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Prairie cash wheat: Bids firm as loonie falls

Canola net long position smallest in 10 months

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on harvest pressure, firmer U.S. dollar

Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

U.S. grains: Wheat jumps on weaker U.S. dollar

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. interest rate decision could shake futures

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