

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on supply pressures; corn and wheat turn higher
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures drifted lower on Monday, amid ongoing pressure from a hefty global supply and signs of investors hunting for profits, traders said.

Canola short position up again in early March
The net speculative short position in canola continued to rise in the first trading days of March, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

U.S. grains: Wheat futures bounce after 3-1/2 year low; soy, corn climb
Hefty global grain supplies, competition for export business anchor prices
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn rose on Friday, extending their recovery from three-year lows set last month, following an uneventful monthly supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), analysts said.

Few changes in March USDA report
Increased projections for South American corn, soybeans, U.S. wheat carryout
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply/demand estimates, released on March 8, were largely left unchanged, the exceptions being South American corn and soybeans as well as U.S. wheat.

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Bids hold against weak U.S. futures
Low exports, declining Black Sea, European milling wheat prices pressure U.S. wheat
Western Canadian wheat bids were little affected by a stronger Canadian dollar and the recent drop-off in United States wheat futures during the week ended March 7.

Europe’s grain farms await rain break after damp winter
Weak prices for maize could encourage planting other crops
Grain growers in western Europe will need rain to ease this month to progress with spring planting, after a wet February maintained soggy field conditions that have already put the region on course for a smaller wheat harvest, analysts said.

U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low
Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.

Feed grain weekly outlook: Growers looking at the skies, prices
Barley prices should decline in later spring as growers sell, analyst says
Despite recent weather bringing much-needed moisture into southern Alberta, dryness remains a concern in the region weeks before the start of seeding.

U.S. grains: Wheat hits 3-1/2-year low on export competition
Corn drifted upward, soybeans declined
Benchmark Chicago wheat futures tumbled to their lowest point in more than three years on Wednesday as low prices in an Algerian import tender this week highlighted stiff global export competition from Black Sea grain supplies, traders said.

Feds, producer groups launch wheat research cluster
Government, groups pool more than $20 million in research dollars
The federal government and private and producer groups announced $20 million toward wheat research today.