Insights and Stories on Grain Stocks

Biden touts grain silos on Ukraine border to help exports

Jun. 15, 2022 at 3:40 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that temporary silos would be built along the border with Ukraine in a bid to help export more grain and address a growing global food crisis. Since the Russian invasion and blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea ports, grain shipments have stalled and […]

StatsCan reports sharp decline in field crop stocks

May. 6, 2022 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: May wheats limit-down as peace talks progress

Mar. 16, 2022 at 7:06 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

StatsCan confirms tight grain and oilseed stocks

Feb. 8, 2022 at 7:42 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn limit-up on planting intentions

Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:18 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Corn falls one per cent, soy drifts lower

Mar. 29, 2021 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about one per cent on Monday on position squaring ahead of crop reports due this week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) along with forecasts for generally favourable planting weather in the Midwest, analysts said. Soybean futures also declined while wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soybeans follow veg oils lower

Mar. 26, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid on Friday, pressured by declines in soyoil and funds squaring positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grain stocks and planting intentions reports due March 31, traders said. Corn and wheat rebounded from prior day losses, but failed to end the […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slip as feed grain prices soar

Sep. 30, 2020 at 6:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures retreated on Wednesday after the December contract hit its highest price in more than a month, while feeder cattle futures slumped as prices surged for grain used as animal feed. The rally in U.S. grain futures prices hung over cattle markets because […]

By Tom Polansek

Burnett on Markets: Global grain stocks offer false sense of food security

Apr. 17, 2020 at 8:15 pm CDT

The economic parallels from the COVID-19 epidemic are quickly changing from comparisons to the recent financial crisis in 2008-09 to the Great Depression. My parents and grandparents lived through the Depression and it did have many impacts on their everyday lives. The main symbol of the Depression-era mentality was the […]

By Bruce Burnett

USDA’s jump in soybean stocks comes in below forecasts

Sep. 30, 2019 at 3:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although stocks of soybeans in the U.S. were estimated Monday to have increased dramatically compared to their year-ago level, the amount of that increase fell short of market expectations. In the Grain Stocks report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), total soybean stocks as of […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

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