Insights and Stories on Plantings

Canola prices vulnerable after StatsCan report

Jun. 30, 2018 at 11:47 am CDT

CNS Canada — The latest acreage report from Statistics Canada failed to surprise most investors in the market, but still could leave canola futures looking overpriced, according to a trader. “It certainly is a negative number,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg, referring to the agency’s estimate for […]

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sink to 1-1/2 week lows

Jun. 28, 2018 at 8:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy soar on bullish USDA plantings forecast

Mar. 29, 2018 at 8:06 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

USDA sees soy, corn acreage falling as supplies hit record

Mar. 29, 2018 at 1:02 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures linked to NAFTA

Mar. 21, 2018 at 9:12 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on acreage outlook

Mar. 14, 2018 at 6:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures tumbled on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling and outlooks for record-large U.S. plantings this year, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures dropped 16-1/2 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $10.32-1/4 per bushel (all figures US$). Prices accelerated declines […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat above $5 on U.S., Canadian concerns

Jun. 30, 2017 at 7:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed above US$5 a bushel on Friday for the first time in a year, buoyed by diminishing outlooks for spring wheat crops in both the U.S. and Canada, analysts said. CBOT soybean futures rose about three per cent and corn […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soy gain on planting delays, relief over NAFTA

Apr. 27, 2017 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn and soybean futures edged higher on Thursday on concerns about weather delays to spring planting and relief that the White House will not immediately withdraw the U.S. from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Solid export sales added support, although both commodities traded […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Soybeans plumb new lows

Apr. 4, 2017 at 5:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade May soybean futures fell to their lowest level in a year on Tuesday, pressured by expectations for record-large U.S. plantings and a massive South American harvest, analysts said. Corn futures fell one per cent on profit-taking a day after reaching a three-week […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy weakens, corn gains ahead of USDA report

Mar. 29, 2017 at 2:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Wednesday, while corn and wheat prices edged higher as investors squared positions ahead of U.S. Department of Agriculture plantings and grain stocks data on Friday, traders and analysts said. Soybean futures fell to the lowest levels since October and corn […]

By Michael Hirtzer

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