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Crops may be in the ground, but official seeding numbers are still somewhat up in the air.
Markets

As with coffee, grain markets now a ground game

Expert's Radar: Official acreage estimates are still a couple of weeks away

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A building at the end of my street has been under renovation for several months, with a new local coffee shop ‘coming soon,’ according to the signage. The building was formerly a vape store and before that an insurance brokerage, so there is plenty of work to be done to transform it into a café.
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Crops, Markets

Mexican president moves to prioritize domestic corn for tortillas

Mexico is embroiled in a dispute with the U.S. over decree to limit use of GM corn

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Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico’s president announced on Monday he will sign an agreement this week with makers of the country’s food staple tortillas that ensures they only use non-genetically modified (GM) white corn while also setting new tariffs on imports of the grain. Tariffs on white corn imports from countries that do not
CBOT July 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2) and December 2023 corn (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat set multi-month highs on weather worries

U.S. markets closed Monday for Juneteenth

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures all closed higher on Friday and all set multi-month highs during the session as worries about stressful dry conditions in key portions of the Midwest prompted a flurry of buying ahead of a three-day holiday weekend, analysts said. “We have an issue here in the
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Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Prices, shipments steady as dryness continues

Drought 'priced into the market already'

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MarketsFarm — Demand for feed grains at Alberta feedlots continues unabated as more corn from the United States makes its way into the province. “Demand at feedlots has been status quo. Feedlots are buying imported U.S. corn and DDGS. Along with that, there is also barley and feed wheat. They are getting enough supplies right
CBOT July 2023 corn with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures sag on demand worries

U.S. winter wheat harvest adds seasonal pressure

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures and nearby soybean futures fell on Wednesday, backing down from multi-week highs, as traders weighed fears of flagging demand for grains and other commodities against worries about dry Midwest weather curbing crop prospects, traders said. Wheat futures sagged on profit-taking after a four-session advance and seasonal pressure from
Soil cracks around corn plants below knee-high at Manchester Township, about 130 km west of Philadelphia in southern Pennsylvania, on June 6, 2023. (Photo: Paul Kuehnel/USA Today Network via Reuters)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather market for soy, corn

U.S. targets for biofuel blending pending

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MarketsFarm — With soybean and corn seeding nearing completion across the United States, attention in the futures markets is focused squarely on growing conditions. “We’re in a weather market, so look for traders to keep these prices chopping around over the next few weeks,” said Terry Reilly of Futures International in Chicago. Relatively dry conditions
Rice is the modern-day canary in the coal mine warning farmers and governments alike that climate change carries real consequences.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: World’s most critical food faces uncertainty

The unsteady future of rice is a ‘singing canary’ for farms in general

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Over 50 percent of the food calories eaten per day across the world comes from grains. In impoverished nations, that percentage is 60 per cent. In the poorest, it tops 80 per cent. The three most important grains are corn, wheat and rice. All are critical to global food security, but all are not equal.
“I want to bring forward more of the agronomy research that accompanies variety development. As we bring on new varieties, there are opportunities to tune the agronomy and understand how to take advantage of those new genetics.” – Lori-Ann Kaminski, Canadian Wheat Research Coalition.
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Manitoba Crop Alliance takes turn running wheat research coalition

Incoming president says it’s business as usual

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As the takes the helm of the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition, the new president wants to bolster the role of agronomy while researchers are working on genetics. “I want to bring forward more of the agronomy research that accompanies variety development,” said Lori-Ann Kaminski. “As we bring on new varieties, there are opportunities to tune

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