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EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23

Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:20 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Total grain production in the European Union is expected to decrease overall by 2.4 per cent in 2022-23, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture attachés throughout the multi-nation bloc. For the coming crop year, they forecast production to be 286.02 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley, rye, oats, […]

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

EU’s oilseed yields expected to decline in 2022-23

Apr. 23, 2022 at 3:09 am CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle retreat off two-month high

Apr. 22, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn pulls back after reaching decade high

Apr. 19, 2022 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Myriad of factors affecting prices amid USDA report

Apr. 13, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — For the most part, grain prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were pretty much unaffected by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly supply and demand estimates released Friday. While wheat prices saw support due to a reduction in global wheat supplies from 2021-22 as well […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger U.S. pea, lentil areas expected

Apr. 12, 2022 at 7:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Farmers in the United States will grow more lentils and peas in 2022, although chickpea area may be down, according to early estimates ahead of spring seeding. Total pea area in the country is forecast at 1.088 million acres, which would be up 11 per cent from 2021, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat firm as Ukraine war raises supply fears

Apr. 11, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose nearly three per cent on Monday and hit a two-week high on worries about U.S. crop prospects and concern that fighting in Ukraine will continue to disrupt Black Sea region exports, analysts said. But soybeans fell as COVID-19 lockdowns in China, the […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. crop prices climb following April WASDE report

Apr. 8, 2022 at 8:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There were two notable surprises in the latest supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, according to Ryan Ettner, trader with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. One was USDA having maintained its carryout for corn; the other was the carryover for wheat being a little […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, soybeans firm on tighter stocks

Apr. 8, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures firmed on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) assessed global supply and demand, reflecting the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on Black Sea exports. Grain prices remained underpinned by Russia’s six-week-old invasion, which has stalled […]

By Christopher Walljasper