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Brazil pushing towards wheat self-sufficiency

By Glen Hallick July 3, 2024

The USDA attaché in the country’s capital of Brasilia said the expansion of wheat will include cultivating “tropical wheat” in the savanna-like region in central Brazil known as the Cerrado biome. These varieties of tropical wheat are reported to be better resistant to dry weather.

File photo of soybeans being loaded for transport in Argentina. (Wirestock/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

USDA, Conab widely differ on Brazil soybeans

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News April 19, 2024

There’s a rather wide difference between the United States Department of Agriculture and its Brazil counterpart, Companhia Nacional de Abastecimento (Conab) when it comes to Brazil soybeans.

File photo of a soybean plantation in Brazil. (Mailson Pignata/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets

Cordonnier stands pat on South American crop projections

La Nina 'is still out there,' analyst says

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News November 16, 2022

MarketsFarm — At this point in the South American planting season it’s too early to get an accurate bead as to how much corn and soybeans will be grown in Brazil and Argentina, according to Dr. Michael Cordonnier of Soybean and Corn Advisor Inc. at Hinsdale, Ill. Cordonnier recently issued his latest estimates, keeping his […] Read more

CBOT March 2021 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soybeans rebound on strong demand

March wheat closes weak

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News February 12, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Thursday, with end users stepping in to buy the market one day after prices posted sharp declines. “On hard breaks, the end users really need the supply,” said Don Roose, president of U.S. Commodities in West Des Moines, Iowa. “They are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy falls to one-year low

By Julie Ingwersen April 11, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell to the lowest levels in a year on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its estimates of South American crops and domestic soy ending stocks. Corn futures closed modestly lower while wheat ended higher as traders covered short positions. Chicago Board of Trade May soybean […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports wheat but corn, soybeans fall

By Mark Weinraub April 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 1.4 per cent on Friday on a round of short-covering by speculators after price declines in three of the previous four sessions, traders said. “The big short contingent in the wheat market is definitely something to be reconciled with,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat up 1.6 per cent in bounce from contract lows

By Julie Ingwersen March 9, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures rose 1.6 per cent on Monday, bouncing off the previous session’s contract lows on bargain-hunting and short-covering ahead of a monthly U.S. government crop report. Soybeans and corn also climbed in largely technical buying ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s supply/demand report due on Tuesday. At the […] Read more

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures spike, hogs mixed

U.S. grains: Soybean ease on harvest pressure, competition from Brazil

Russia’s top agriculture official blames low global grain prices for export slowdown

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Brazil pushing towards wheat self-sufficiency

USDA, Conab widely differ on Brazil soybeans

Cordonnier stands pat on South American crop projections

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, soybeans rebound on strong demand

U.S. grains: Soy falls to one-year low

U.S. grains: Short-covering supports wheat but corn, soybeans fall

U.S. grains: Wheat up 1.6 per cent in bounce from contract lows

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