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Glacier Farm Media – Prices for green and yellow peas across Western Canada have likely hit their peak, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities Inc. 

 Marketsfarm – Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its June oilseed crush and grain delivery statistics, showing a small decline for the former, but a large gain for the latter from the month before.  Oilseed processors in Canada crushed 772,345 tonnes of canola last month, as well as 139,164 tonnes of soybeans for the month of June[...]

MarketsFarm -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture made a number of slight changes to its forecast on soybeans and corn for 2023-24, while keeping its domestic wheat numbers from August. USDA on Tuesday issued its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates, adjusting its forecast on this year’s soybean yields at 50.1 bushels per acre,[...]

MarketsFarm -- There are some notable changes to the monthly report from the International Grains Council (IGC), primarily in corn and soybeans. The London-based IGC on Thursday issued new supply and demand estimates, pointing to reduced agricultural production such as in Argentina as the main reason for the changes. That's despite increased output in Brazil[...]

MarketsFarm -- Dry conditions and low soil moisture reserves in key Australian growing regions, along with expectations for developing El Nino weather patterns, are expected to cut into the country's pulse production in 2023-24, despite steady to higher seeding intentions for several crops, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural[...]

MarketsFarm -- World wheat production in the 2022-23 marketing year will likely end up slightly higher than earlier projections, according to the latest estimates from the International Grains Council. However, with usage predictions also rising, carryout stocks were revised slightly lower. In a report released Thursday, the IGC pegged 2022-23 world wheat production at 796[...]

MarketsFarm -- Argentina’s 2022-23 soybean crop is likely much smaller than official projections as high temperatures and a lack of moisture cut into yields, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Buenos Aires attaché. The USDA post from the South American country pegged the soybean crop at only 36 million tonnes, which[...]

MarketsFarm -- While Saudi Arabia is a giant among the oil-producing countries of the world, the desert kingdom does produce small amounts of grain. With a population that’s about one million less than Canada’s, Saudi Arabia is extremely dependent on importing its grain from overseas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché in Riyadh explained[...]

Projected worldwide wheat, corn and soybean production in 2023/24 was raised by the International Grains Council in its latest update, with better-than-expected corn yields in the United States and larger Black Sea wheat crops behind the adjustment.

After a month of covering short positions, fund traders were back adding to their bearish bets to start December, with the net short position in the oilseed growing by roughly 13,000 contracts, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).