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U.S. wheat sales to China cancelled

By Julie Ingwersen, Naveen Thukral March 22, 2024

Reuters – Private exporters canceled sales of 264,000 tonnes of U.S. soft red winter wheat that had been booked for delivery to China, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed March 11. It was the third cancellation in as many business days and the largest of the three, following two cancellations totaling 240,000 tonnes in the[...]

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Weather extremes trim EU 2023-24 grain prospects

By Julie Ingwersen August 10, 2023

Reuters – Europe’s grain crop is expected to drop due to wildly ranging growing conditions, according to an Aug. 2 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Madrid, Spain. The agency reported that the bloc has suffered “weather conditions ranging from excessive heat to cooler-than-average temperatures, and from drought to[...]

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Biotech crops widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat

By Julie Ingwersen March 15, 2023

Nearly all corn, canola and soybean acres in the world’s largest exporting countries are seeded with genetically modified varieties, but that is not the case for wheat, a crop grown primarily for human food. Biotech varieties of corn, canola and soy, used for animal feed, biofuels and cooking oil, were introduced in 1996 and soon[...]

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Death of Chicago’s grain options pits hits traders as crop prices soar

By Julie Ingwersen, Tom Polansek May 18, 2021

Reuters – U.S. grain brokers and analysts on Wednesday lamented CME Group Inc.’s decision to permanently end open-outcry options trading at a time when crop prices are surging, saying that pit traders could help navigate volatile markets. The owner of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) said May 4 it will never reopen physical trading[...]

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U.S. winter wheat farmers plant into dust

By Julie Ingwersen October 31, 2022

Reuters – With planting roughly halfway complete, as of Oct. 17, the 2023 U.S. hard red winter wheat crop is already being hobbled by drought in the heart of the southern Plains, wheat experts said. Planting plans may be scaled back in the U.S. breadbasket despite historically high prices for this time of year, reflecting[...]

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The dawn of hybrid wheat

By Julie Ingwersen, Tom Polansek January 12, 2023

Global seed maker Syngenta plans to release a new type of wheat developed with complex cross-breeding techniques in the United States next year, beating out rival companies that are also trying to develop higher yielding wheat at a time of diminishing global grain supplies. The hybrid wheat, which combines positive traits from two parent plants,[...]

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USDA to consult exporters in early 2023 on new sales reporting system

By Julie Ingwersen November 28, 2022

Reuters – The U.S. Department of Agriculture has no time frame for relaunching upgrades to its weekly export sales reports after a failed roll-out in August, and will spend the first quarter working with exporters to address any problems, a USDA official has said. Exporters are required by law to report sales of U.S. agricultural[...]

Markets, News

U.S. Plains farmers bet on sorghum as Chinese demand lifts prices

By Julie Ingwersen July 6, 2021

Reuters – U.S. farmers are poised to expand plantings of sorghum by nearly 20 per cent this year, a far larger percentage than soy or corn acres, as the crop purchased mainly by China for use in animal feed and to make baiju liquor trades at a premium. Although strong demand for corn and soybeans[...]

Cereals, News

Warm, dry conditions threaten U.S. Plains Winter Wheat Belt

By Julie Ingwersen December 28, 2021

Reuters – Dry and unseasonably warm weather is threatening yield prospects for winter wheat in the U.S. Plains breadbasket, crop and weather experts said, as global supplies of milling wheat are tightening. Winter wheat has struggled in some areas, including parts of Oklahoma where scrawny plants lack robust root systems. “The plant is just not in good shape to handle adverse[...]

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Kansas wheat tour finds above-average yield prospects but also disease

By Julie Ingwersen May 31, 2021

Reuters – Yield prospects for hard red winter wheat in central Kansas were above average, scouts on an annual crop tour found earlier this month, although yield-robbing diseases, primarily stripe rust, were prevalent in some areas, reflecting generally cool and wet conditions. Kansas is the top U.S. producer of winter wheat and was the second-largest[...]

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U.S. wheat sales to China cancelled

Weather extremes trim EU 2023-24 grain prospects

Biotech crops widely used, consumers still wary of GM wheat

Death of Chicago’s grain options pits hits traders as crop prices soar

U.S. winter wheat farmers plant into dust

The dawn of hybrid wheat

USDA to consult exporters in early 2023 on new sales reporting system

U.S. Plains farmers bet on sorghum as Chinese demand lifts prices

Warm, dry conditions threaten U.S. Plains Winter Wheat Belt

Kansas wheat tour finds above-average yield prospects but also disease

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