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Canola net short position edges lower

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 29, 2024

The managed money net short position in canola futures edged lower in the latest reporting period, as fund traders covered some of their bearish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions

April 26, 2024

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures turned higher for a seventh trading day on Friday on a weather driven surge that pushed the most-active wheat contract on a continual chart Wv1 to prices not seen since December. Soybean futures inched down, and corn stayed fairly flat, as traders watched for U.S. planting delays as

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Weather

Weather experts see La Niña, El Niño frequency rising

By Reuters April 26, 2024

The climate phenomena known as El Niño and La Niña, which bring waves of heat, cold, rain or drought, will be more frequent and extreme in coming years, after South America suffered the most intense El Niño in decades, weather experts said on Thursday.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs with dry weather fears continuing

By Reuters April 25, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures hit highs not seen since January for a second day, as anxiety over dry weather conditions persisted for top exporter Russia.

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Markets

Canadian corn imports expected to slow in 2024/25

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 25, 2024

Early expectations point to increased Canadian grain production in 2024/25, which should cut into corn imports from the United States, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s attaché in Ottawa.

Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks

By Reuters April 24, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures continued their steady climb on Wednesday, as dry weather raised concerns in key growing regions and Russian attacks in the Black Sea area threatened to disrupt supply chains.

Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: May futures winding down, coming rains factor into prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 24, 2024

As the last full of week of April is set to wind down, two factors will determine the course of United States soybean, corn and wheat futures. Those are the rain forecast for the weekend of Apr. 27 and 28, and last day for May futures on Apr. 26, according to hedging strategist Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Sovereignty is sovereignty

We must support the right of the people of Mexico to determine their own relationship with corn

By National Farmers Union April 24, 2024

In solidarity with Mexico, today (April 8) 31 Canadian organizations including the National Farmers Union stated their objection to Canada’s role in a trade challenge initiated by the United States under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement, which aims to end Mexico’s restrictions on the use of genetically modified corn for certain foods. Corn, also known as

According to a new book, pigs outnumber people in Iowa seven to one and produce the ‘manure equivalent to the waste of nearly 84 million people.’

Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: The barons of the dinner table

New book pulls back the curtains on ag mercantilists

By Alan Guebert April 24, 2024

Manufacturers are “an order of men whose interest is never exactly the same with that of the public.” That quote is originally from the first economist, Scotland’s Adam Smith, almost 250 years ago, and is repurposed by writer Eric Schlosser in the foreword of Iowan Austin Frerick’s new book, “Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption

Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally as US crop rating fall keeps weather in focus

By Reuters April 23, 2024

Chicago wheat surged to a two-month high on Tuesday as a decline in U.S. winter wheat conditions focused attention on weather risks to northern hemisphere crops.

Daily Network News

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Speculative net long position grows in canola

Corn

Canola net short position edges lower

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat rallies for seventh trading day on weather, crop conditions

Weather experts see La Niña, El Niño frequency rising

U.S. grains: Wheat climbs with dry weather fears continuing

Canadian corn imports expected to slow in 2024/25

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on dry weather concerns, Black Sea attacks

CBOT weekly outlook: May futures winding down, coming rains factor into prices

Comment: Sovereignty is sovereignty

Opinion: The barons of the dinner table

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally as US crop rating fall keeps weather in focus

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