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U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

May. 3, 2023 at 4:01 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat rebounded from a 25-month low to close higher on Wednesday, edging up on fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine that cast doubt on the future of the Black Sea grains corridor, analysts said. Corn also gained on the tensions. Soybeans, meanwhile, followed with […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

May. 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sink on rains, global supplies

May. 1, 2023 at 3:02 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up off new lows, end week higher

Apr. 28, 2023 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn hit fresh lows

Apr. 27, 2023 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

ICE weekly outlook: StatCan’s canola area estimate questioned

Apr. 27, 2023 at 3:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada on Wednesday released its first survey-based seeding intentions report for the 2023-24 marketing year, reporting an anticipated 0.9 per cent rise in canola acres, to 21.6 million. The figure occupied the lower end of trade expectations, but StatCan recently adopted a new methodology of conducting the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain area to increase this year

Apr. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Early signs point to increased Canadian feed grain production in 2023-24, with record corn acreage intentions and increases in both barley and wheat area on the year, according to the latest estimates from Statistics Canada. Planted corn area in the country is forecast at 3.725 million acres in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat closes down as global supplies look strong

Apr. 26, 2023 at 4:50 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains and soybean futures closed lower to mixed on Wednesday, as traders eyed sluggish demand and upcoming U.S. export sales data. Wheat fell on news of ample short-term global supplies, despite the risk that an agreement allowing exports from war-torn Ukraine may end next […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago grains flat or down with weather, Black Sea in focus

Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:37 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grain futures closed flat or lower on Tuesday, with wheat hitting a 21-month low, as markets were weighed down by a dip in stocks and crude oil and clear forecasts for U.S. planting weather, traders said. Corn closed slightly up as the market weighed […]

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Corn hits eight-month low

Apr. 24, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures slumped on Monday to an eight-month low after the government announced that China canceled some purchases of U.S. supplies of the grain. The cancellations, which also weighed on wheat and soybean futures that hit one-month lows on Monday, highlighted concerns […]

By Mark Weinraub