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

U.S. grains: Corn futures touch six-week low

Wheat weakens, soybeans strong

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures dropped 1.8 per cent to a six-week low on Tuesday, pressured by a government report that farmers have made good progress in their much delayed planting tasks during the past week, traders said. “This is likely to ease previous concerns that the delays to planting could lead to
CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat extends fall, soybeans firm

Corn books third week down

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell for a third straight session on Friday, retreating further from a two-month high hit earlier this week as technical selling pressured the market, traders said. Corn also eased, as accelerated U.S. planting and news that Argentina may expand an export volume cap weighed. Soybeans gained on strong export
The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans has been extended.
Crops, News

Crop insurance soybean seeding deadlines extended

Changes, effective this year, will be permanent

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The crop insurance deadline for seeding Manitoba soybeans is being extended two days in Area 1 and five days in Areas 2 and 3, with no changes in Area 4, starting this year, the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC) announced May 20. The new deadlines (see below) reflect farmers’ access to improved soybean varieties, MASC
Faced with spring flooding and recent historic precipitation, Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation has extended seeding deadlines to give soybean growers some breathing room.
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New soybean seeding deadline welcomed

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Extensions to the crop insurance seeding deadlines for soybeans in Manitoba are being welcomed. The change wasn’t prompted by this year’s delay in seeding due to wet weather, but because the data supports it, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk said. “The seeding dates (for soybeans) were set a long time ago,”
Overland flooding east of Roseisle around the junction of PR 245 and PR 240 on April 30, 2022.
Crops

Crop switch-out and seeding delays as late spring drags on

Only four per cent of acres were planted as of May 17

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Manitoba’s crop experts have some blanket advice for producers fighting an increasingly late spring: seed heavy, seed shallow, and go as soon as you can. “Delayed” has been an understatement when it comes to field conditions in Manitoba — the legacy of three Colorado lows in three weeks and continued rain and cold. Only four
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Crops, Weather

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

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MarketsFarm — Overall spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 33 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the latest weekly crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Despite the good progress over the week, that’s still 20 points behind the five-year average. When compared to the excellent progress this time last year, the gap expands to 41
CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on export demand

Wheat falls on profit-taking; corn deferred contracts slip on weather, crop development

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Thursday, giving back more of their recent gains, as traders sought to take profits amid mixed crop weather in the Northern Hemisphere and wider concerns about an economic slowdown. Meanwhile, soybean and soybean meal futures jumped on news of robust international demand, amid signs the U.S.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a “Global Food Security Call to Action” meeting of foreign ministers at U.N. headquarters in New York on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
Crops

U.N. chief in talks on restoring Ukraine grain exports

Contact made amid global food crisis

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United Nations | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union in an effort to restore Ukrainian grain export as a global food crisis worsens. “I am hopeful, but there is still a way to go,” said
CBOT July 2022 soft red winter wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on Russian crop exports, U.N. grain talks

Soybeans, corn also pull back on wheat pressure, profit-taking

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell sharply on Wednesday following a report about United Nations efforts to restore Ukraine grain shipments and as forecasts of ample Russian supplies added to the impact on sentiment of expectations high prices will curb demand. Corn and soybean futures also slid as falling wheat prices led profit-taking,

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