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U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

By P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters July 8, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn futures on Monday dropped to around the lowest prices in four years, as traders expected a positive picture of U.S. crop progress from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a report due later in the day.

File photo of stormy conditions over Alberta fields. (Larry Stickney/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 8, 2024

Fund traders continued to add to their large net short positions in canola as the calendar flipped to the final month of the 2023/24 marketing year for the crop, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Grey skies over the Alberta landscape, July 2023. (Geralyn Wichers photo)

Crops

Alberta crops doing quite well

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 8, 2024

Crops throughout Alberta stood at 75 per cent good to excellent as of July 2, according to the latest crop report from the provincial agriculture department. That was eight points above the five-year average despite cooler than normal temperatures and delayed crop development due to excessive rain for most of the province so far this year.

Corn futures were under pressure for the month of June, and hit it's lowest levels in several months.

Markets

Corn keeps markets bearish

The USDA reported sky-high corn plantings this season, surprising the trade

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 5, 2024

Corn, wheat and soybeans all held near their lowest levels in months, if not years, in the week following Canada Day.

Markets

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

July 5, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures spiked on Friday amid an uptick in demand for U.S. wheat due to a weaker dollar and the availability of desirable new-crop wheat, traders said.

Markets

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

By Reuters, Tom Polansek July 3, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on short covering on Wednesday after nearing a four-year low this week on concerns about large supplies and lackluster U.S. export demand, analysts said.

Markets

CBOT Weekly: Still at the behest of the weather

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 3, 2024

United States corn and soybean crops continued to remain at whatever whims the weather brings, according to John Weyer of Walsh Commercial Hedging Services in Chicago.

File photo of sunset over a wheatfield in Brazil. (Evandrorigon/E+/Getty Images)

Markets

Brazil pushing towards wheat self-sufficiency

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 3, 2024

The USDA attaché in the country’s capital of Brasilia said the expansion of wheat will include cultivating “tropical wheat” in the savanna-like region in central Brazil known as the Cerrado biome. These varieties of tropical wheat are reported to be better resistant to dry weather.

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Manitoba crop weather/conditions varied

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 3, 2024

Mixed weather conditions across Manitoba over the Canada Day long weekend left some regions of the province dealing with excess moisture, with high winds and cool temperatures also affecting crop development, according to the latest provincial crop report.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Manitoba crops see excess moisture, cooler temperatures

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 10

By Manitoba Agriculture July 2, 2024

Fall rye stands are at the soft dough stage. Rapid advancement in winter cereal crop development continues and crop conditions are rated as good. Spring cereals continue to advance with earliest planted fields having moved into the flag leaf/head emergence stage. Soybean and dry bean crops are progressing at a slower pace given the cooler

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Corn

U.S. grains: Soybean, grain futures drop on expectation of positive crop report

Fund short position in canola at four-month high to start July

Alberta crops doing quite well

Corn keeps markets bearish

U.S. grains: US wheat futures up on strengthening demand

U.S. grains: Soybean futures recover from four-year low

CBOT Weekly: Still at the behest of the weather

Brazil pushing towards wheat self-sufficiency

Manitoba crop weather/conditions varied

Manitoba crops see excess moisture, cooler temperatures

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