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

U.S. grains: Corn dips but still posts monthly gain

CBOT soy lower, wheat up

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined for a second session on Wednesday on profit-taking at the end of the month and mounting recession worries, but the market nonetheless gained eight per cent during August due to eroding U.S. and European crop prospects. Soybean futures ended lower after a back-and-forth session. But wheat turned

ICE Futures November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: Crush margins guiding canola demand

MarketsFarm — Enormous canola crush margins will lead to increased demand for the Canadian oilseed, according to MarketsFarm’s director of markets and weather Bruce Burnett. As of Tuesday, the nearby November-October margins were estimated at $215.51 per tonne, while the same position for November-October 2023 now stands at $124.48/tonne. This time last year their margins


CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn down on recession fears, profit-taking

Corn falls off two-month top; soy, wheat also down

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, joining broad declines in commodities and equity markets as traders fretted about the health of the global economy. Profit-taking also weighed on corn futures, a day after the benchmark December contract notched a two-month high linked to declining U.S. crop production prospects.

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

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-month high on heat, dryness concerns

Soybeans ease as crop tour sees large U.S. harvest

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures set a two-month high on Monday after a U.S. crop tour last week found damage from hot, dry weather and organizers projected harvests would fall short of government estimates. Wheat futures rallied to their highest level in about seven weeks, while soybeans fell after the


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Canadian crop production bounces back, StatCan reports

Wheat at higher end of trade projections

MarketsFarm — After 2021’s historic drought on the Prairies caused crop production to fall to historic lows, the 2022 harvest has mostly bounced back to pre-drought levels, according to Statistics Canada. StatCan on Monday released its July 2022 satellite image-based principal field crop production estimates, which confirmed analysts’ expectations that this year’s crop production would

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

U.S. grains: Corn up on crop tour’s lowered expectations

Hot, dry weather seen limiting U.S. corn, soy yields

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures jumped on Friday on concerns about hot and dry weather reducing U.S. yields, analysts said. After the close of trading, advisory service Pro Farmer projected a U.S. corn harvest of 13.759 billion bushels, which would be the smallest since 2019 and below government


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Greater crop production estimated prior to StatCan report

Extended time lag between survey, data's release criticized

MarketsFarm — Analysts are expecting Canadian crop production totals for the 2022-23 marketing year to be substantially higher compared to drought-stricken 2021-22, but still not enough to fully replenish supplies. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will publish its first satellite image model-based yield and production estimates for principal field crops on Monday. Traders and analysts are interested

CBOT November 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn fall as traders book profits

Dispatches from crop tour limit day's losses

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybeans, wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday on a profit-taking setback after rallying earlier in the week, traders said. “We are just running into a bit of technical resistance across the board,” said Dan O’Bryan, a risk management specialist and broker at Top Third StoneX. “You


Delays in spring seeding on the eastern Prairies put this year’s canola crop behind the usual pace, making fall frost more of a concern.

Canola unlikely to see rebound

A new StatsCan crop report is due out next week

Ahead of the next principal field crop report from Statistics Canada, there’s some speculation that the 2022-23 canola crop could come in below 19 million tonnes. The thinking is some areas of the Prairies have received too much moisture, while other parts of the region didn’t get near enough. There was a suggestion that any

A contract is more than an agreement. It is an enforceable legal document. If changes are made or a grower is unable to deliver, communication must be properly noted.   
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Four things to know about grain contracts

MARKETING | Lawyers share practical tips for better understanding terms and conditions

Contracts are important grain marketing tools. While price may be a key reason why farmers agree to a contract, there are other factors to consider. Some farmers in Western Canada learned this lesson the hard way when they could not deliver on their contracts and grain companies could not source replacement commodities due to last