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CBOT weekly outlook: Some surprises in USDA’s WASDE

Dec. 10, 2020 at 4:07 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture has thrown a few curveballs in an otherwise mundane supply-and-demand report issued Thursday, according to broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. Although USDA, in its December world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE), lowered soybean ending stocks for the 2020-21 […]

U.S. grains: Futures rebound on short covering, pre-report positioning

Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:11 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on South American rains, slowing demand

Dec. 8, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans end mixed on South America rains, strong U.S. exports

Dec. 7, 2020 at 4:13 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

Dec. 4, 2020 at 8:09 pm CST

By MarketsFarm Team

Fund net long in canola steady, despite liquidation in U.S.

Dec. 4, 2020 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The large net long position fund traders are holding in canola futures held relatively steady during the week ended Tuesday, despite long liquidation in U.S. grains and oilseeds, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat posts weekly dip as supply worries ease

Dec. 4, 2020 at 6:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent on Friday and recorded a weekly loss as expectations for bumper wheat harvests in Australia and Canada tempered fears of tightening global supplies. Corn and soybean futures declined on forecasts for beneficial rains in northern and central […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans up one per cent as soyoil climbs

Dec. 3, 2020 at 3:08 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose about one per cent on Thursday, rallying on bargain buying after a two-week low set a day earlier and on uncertainty about South American crop prospects, traders said. Soybeans also drew support from strength in soybean oil futures, which advanced about two […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy futures sag on improving Brazil weather

Dec. 2, 2020 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dipped to a 2-1/2 week low on Wednesday as forecasts for much-needed rains in portions of Brazil’s crop area prompted a round of long liquidation and profit-taking, traders said. Wheat futures rose, rebounding on bargain buying a day after the benchmark Chicago Board […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy trade watching weather, export demand

Dec. 2, 2020 at 3:12 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade tested contract highs around US$12 per bushel in overnight trade earlier in the week, but couldn’t maintain those levels due to a lack of support. A technical selloff put pressure on prices on Wednesday, with the nearby January contract closing […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm