CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow high/low/close) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange H/L/C). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat down on supply outlook boost

Soybeans hit two-month high before retreating; expected increase in U.S. yields weighs on corn

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Tuesday as the markets reacted to better-than-expected crop conditions, while soybean futures climbed to a two-month high on adverse weather conditions in Brazil before retreating. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rated 50 per cent of the country’s winter wheat crop in good-to-excellent condition after trading

“This is the part of the message nobody wants to hear, but there are some fields that aren’t suitable for things like soybeans and corn if they deal with higher levels of background salinity.” – Marla Riekman, Manitoba Agriculture.

Leaching dollars: Salinity and high-value crops

Salinity can only be managed, not fixed, so every acre is not a soybean acre

Manitoba’s weather patterns leave fields at risk for salinity to rear its head. Salinity is a water problem, not a salt problem, said Manitoba Agriculture soil management specialist Marla Riekman. It’s a symptom of big variation in water table levels, wherein rising water brings up dissolved minerals, only to orphan them high in the soil


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Net speculative short position in canola tops 100,000 contracts

Net long increases in CBOT soy

MarketsFarm — Speculative fund traders continued to add to their large short positions in canola futures during the last week of October, taking the net managed money short position over 100,000 contracts for the first time on record, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans find two-month high

Wheat crop above expectations

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures on Monday hit their highest level in some eight weeks on weather concerns in top exporter Brazil and arid conditions in Argentina. Corn futures finished unchanged, while wheat rose slightly as weakness in the U.S. dollar added support to the markets. Traders monitored uneven crop weather in Brazil,


Green soybean plants

Grain traders turn gaze southward

Expert's Radar: Rains have been helpful for Argentina and Australia

Most of the Canadian Prairies were blanketed with snow during the last week of October, which likely had many people dreaming of vacations to warmer climates to the south. With the Canadian harvest all but wrapped up, and the United States in its final stages, the grain markets are also shifting their attention southward. Argentina

CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans set 6-1/2-week high

Weaker U.S. dollar lifts grains complex

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 6-1/2-week high on Friday, lifted by uneven crop weather in top soy producer Brazil and fresh export demand for U.S. supplies, coupled with a plunge in the dollar that bolstered corn and wheat futures as well. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) January soybean futures settled up


CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans climb as China pushes demand

December wheat up, corn down

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday after China said imports will likely stay high as it sets an all-time record for purchases of the crop this year while weather remains a concern in Brazil. Wheat prices also rose, while corn dropped on reports of higher U.S. yields. Chicago Board of Trade

The October supply and demand report from AAFC had little effect on canola’s price movements.

It wasn’t a good week for canola prices

The soy complex drags on canola values

Canola prices for the week ended Oct. 26 took a hard hit, with the front contracts falling well below the psychological support level of $700 per tonne. A big reason for those declines was canola’s faithfulness to the soy complex on the Chicago Board of Trade, and in particular soyoil.  The path taken by the latter


CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn drops to seven-week low

Wheat, soybeans move higher

Chicago | Reuters — Benchmark U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest point in seven weeks on Wednesday as the harvest continued and showed better than expected yields, while weather forecasts improved in crop areas of South America. Wheat and soybean prices were modestly higher in rangebound trading. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn closed

File photo of wheat under snow. (Ssvyat/iStock/Getty Images)

CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets

U.S. Fed decision 'pretty much factored in'

MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily during the week ended Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier Wednesday that the central bank’s policy rate will remain within 5.25 and 5.5 per