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U.S. grains: Soy futures extend recovery from four-year low hit last week

Dec. 24, 2024 at 2:09 pm CST

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures finished higher on short covering on Tuesday as the market extended a rebound from a four-year low reached last week.

China plans decade-long drive to boost cereal grain consumption

Dec. 24, 2024 at 10:43 am CST

By Mei Mei Chu Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease, grains rise, on choppy day of trading

Dec. 23, 2024 at 3:23 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter Reuters

US wins Mexico GM corn dispute case as panel finds curbs not science-based

Dec. 23, 2024 at 10:12 am CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains in technical rebound, wheat hits new lows

Dec. 20, 2024 at 2:48 pm CST

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound after sinking to a new four-year low

Dec. 19, 2024 at 4:02 pm CST

Chicago soybean futures rebounded on technical buying on Thursday after plunging to a four-year low, while wheat fell to lifetime lows as a strong dollar added to concerns about competition from other exporting zones, traders said.

By Heather Schlitz Reuters

AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports

Dec. 19, 2024 at 2:14 pm CST

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market

Dec. 19, 2024 at 10:54 am CST

Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

UN peacekeepers guard Congolese farmers working their fields

Dec. 19, 2024 at 10:09 am CST

Under a scorching sun in Democratic Republic of Congo, many of the farmers tending to their fields in the troubled eastern region are guarded by United Nations peacekeepers.

By Djaffar Al Katanty Reuters