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

U.S. grains: Soy extends slide, corn mixed

CBOT wheat continues lower

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a second session on Friday, with the spot May contract dropping below US$16 a bushel for the first time in a month after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast record soy acreage in that country. Corn futures ended mixed. The front May contract on the Chicago






Farmers face a nutrient shortfall that could harm food security across the globe.

As sanctions bite Russia, fertilizer shortage imperils world food supply

From Mato Grosso to Manitoba, farmers are fretting over high prices, lack of supply

Reuters – Sky-high fertilizer prices have farmers worldwide scaling back its use and reducing the amount of land they’re planting, fallout from the Ukraine-Russia conflict that has some agricultural industry veterans warning of food shortages. Western sanctions on Russia, a major exporter of potash, ammonia, urea and other soil nutrients, have disrupted shipments of those

Sunflowers near the Ukrainian village of Grebeni on July 14, 2016. Expectations for a drastically reduced sunflower crop from Ukraine this year have led to contract highs in the European rapeseed market.

Someday we’ll see it, the rainbow contraction

A bull market still needs to be fed every day

Why are there so many songs about rainbows, and what’s on the other side? The best quote I heard while covering the agricultural markets over the week ended March 25 was from an analyst rephrasing the age-old saying of ‘What comes up, must come down.’ He noted grains and oilseeds will eventually ‘see both sides



CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX May 2022 spring wheat (yellow OHLC) and K.C. May 2022 hard red wheat (orange OHLC). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn fall on ceasefire hopes

Chicago May soybeans also lower

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell four per cent and corn fell nearly three per cent on Tuesday as comments by Russia and Ukraine following negotiations in Turkey raised hopes of a ceasefire in a conflict that has disrupted massive grain exports through the Black Sea region. However, trade was volatile, with benchmark



CBOT May 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Crop data awaited as grains fall with other commodities

China COVID-19 cases weigh on markets; grain traders monitor Ukraine news

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Monday as worries over coronavirus cases in China weighed on commodity markets while grain traders also adjusted positions ahead of key U.S. crop reports due later this week. Crude oil dropped sharply as China’s financial hub, Shanghai, launched a lockdown to contain surging