Insights and Stories on Supply/demand

Jan. 26, 2018 at 11:36 am CST

CNS Canada –– Canadian farmers will seed more wheat and canola in 2018 at the expense of pulse crops, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s latest supply/demand estimates that include their first projections for the upcoming 2018-19 crop year. Total canola acres in 2018 are forecast at 24 million by […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Oct. 11, 2017 at 7:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are both stuck in sideways trading ranges, looking for a catalyst to break one way or the other. The U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its latest supply/demand report on Thursday, with the updated production estimates possibly providing […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Apr. 7, 2017 at 4:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures drifted to a one-week low on Friday as traders adjusted positions ahead of a monthly U.S. government report that analysts expect to show rising grain inventories and big South American crops. Soybeans closed narrowly mixed but the most-active contract posted a fifth weekly […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Dec. 17, 2014 at 6:35 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue some of its 10-year supply-demand projections for major U.S. crops and livestock two months early on Thursday to provide more current information to global commodity traders, a USDA economist said on Wednesday. “The projections are more timely now than […]

By Christine Stebbins