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CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn firm ahead of WASDE

Wheat down, but supported by winter crop stress

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed on Thursday, bolstered by eroding South American production and steady U.S. export sales. CBOT wheat and corn futures eased ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly global supply and demand report due Friday, expected to reflect the potential impact of the war in
CBOT May 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 10-, 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans, corn consolidate

CBOT wheat mixed pending sanctions

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Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn eased on Wednesday, consolidating after two days of gains, as traders watch U.S. weather and planting, while wheat traded mixed pending further sanctions against Russia following reports of civilian deaths in Ukraine. The most-active soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) eased 11-1/2 cents to $16.19-1/2 a bushel
In 1981, before anyone knew how to spell ethanol, U.S. wheat acres hit a record-high 88 million.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: The coming war for U.S. crop acres

Ethanol might be a sacred cow for now, but expect a renewed food-versus-fuel fight

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Farmers are long familiar with acre wars. This late-winter scrum is a showdown over how many acres of which crop farmers will plant. Most years these fights are decided by a variable — and oftentimes volatile — combination of three elements: what market prices are calling for, how government farm programs could affect prices, and
Emily Laage is a researcher and master’s student with Dalhousie University.
Farmit Manitoba

Researchers quantifying organic crops’ emissions

While organic agriculture is a fast-growing sector, it’s severely under-studied, says researcher

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While organic crops are often called more sustainable than their conventional counterparts, there’s not actually much data on the crops’ net greenhouse gas emissions. A team of researchers are working to fix that. “Organic field cropping systems are severely under-studied,” said Emily Laage, a researcher and graduate student at Dalhousie University. “We have a good
CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (black line), MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firmer on U.S. crop conditions’ decline

CBOT corn, soybeans also gain

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat climbed on Tuesday as worse-than-expected U.S. crop conditions added to global supply concerns already heightened by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Corn and soybeans were also higher, bolstered as U.S. growers weigh last-minute planting decisions. The most active wheat contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) ended 35 cents
The Port of Kherson in the city of Kherson, Ukraine. Is it realistic to think Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can be resolved with a truce or will the fighting continue?
Markets, News

The big numbers of the Ukraine war

Both players are major resource providers that will cast a long shadow on economies

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”There are decades when nothing happens; and there are weeks when decades happen.” – V.I. Lenin Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, news stories, analysis and opinions have been flying around the clock non-stop. I believe there are three sides to every story: what one side says, what the other side says and then reality somewhere
CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Ukrainian export woes support markets

U.S. winter wheat 30 per cent good-excellent

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, soybean and corn climbed on Monday, underpinned by disrupted supplies of Black Sea grains as the conflict in Ukraine continues, while attention shifts to U.S. production. Chicago Board of Trade most-active wheat ended 25-3/4 cents higher at $10.10-1/4 a bushel (all figures US$). Soybeans added 19-1/2 cents to $16.02-1/4
Hog sale prices currently average about half of what they were a year ago.
Markets, News

China’s hog farmers face long slog in return to profit

Higher grain prices and COVID restaurant closures are hitting them hard

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China’s pig farmers, suffering record losses due to surging feed costs and weak hog demand, are switching to lower-quality grain from pricier soymeal and even selling off assets in a bid for survival. The pain across the world’s largest hog market, however, could last until next year, said analysts, shrinking incomes across China’s rural economy

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