Insights and Stories on Grain Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Trio of events loom over U.S. soybeans, corn

Nov. 6, 2024 at 2:50 pm CST

The trade's initial reaction to the re-election of former United States President Donald Trump was bearish for soybeans and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade on Nov. 6. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate announcement on Nov. 7 and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's supply and demand report on Nov. 8 are likely to have a bullish effect on those commodities, said Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy.

Ukrainian grain exports to fall in 2024/25: USDA attaché

Oct. 29, 2024 at 2:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with heads of leading media outlets from the BRICS member countries in Moscow, Russia October 18, 2024. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Russia’s proposed grain exchange for BRICS countries may take years to launch

Oct. 24, 2024 at 10:52 am CDT

By Gleb Bryanski Olga Popova Reuters

Feed Grain Weekly: Less activity before corn deliveries

Oct. 18, 2024 at 10:25 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Grains, soybeans ease after rallies on weather and Middle East instability

Oct. 3, 2024 at 4:04 pm CDT

By Renee Hickman Reuters

China to grow more corn in 2024/25

Oct. 3, 2024 at 2:40 pm CDT

Corn production in China is expected to increase to 293 million tonnes in 2024/25, said a report from the United States Department of Agriculture attache in Beijing, with improved yields overriding a slight reduction in harvested area.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 16, 2024 at 1:46 pm CDT

Managed money fund traders added to their large net short position in canola in early September, while profit-taking saw a reduction in the bearish bets for soybeans and corn in Chicago, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Most Western Canadian wheat bids rise

Sep. 6, 2024 at 9:50 am CDT

Western Canadian wheat bids were mostly higher during the week ended Sept. 5, following the lead of United States wheat futures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the country’s spring wheat harvest to be 70 per cent complete as of the start of September, matching the five-year average and being […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Feed Weekly: More grain to enter feed markets

Sep. 5, 2024 at 12:11 pm CDT

Feed barley and feed wheat are in no short supply on the Prairies, according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. He has recently seen light test-weight barley and wheat coming from various places in Western Canada being shipped to feedlots. Beusekom added the feed grains […]