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CBOT July 2023 soft red winter wheat with Bollinger bands (20,2), Minneapolis July 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up on Black Sea deal doubts

Cancelled China sales weigh on corn prices

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Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat hit a one-week high and closed up on Thursday as markets cautiously eye developments on the Black Sea grains corridor following a wave of fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Corn clawed back some ground lost early in the day to close nearly flat after news of cancelled
Canola sees short-term gain, long-term pain
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola sees short-term gain, long-term pain

The latest StatCan survey piled on other bearish factors

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If Statistics Canada estimates are correct, this year’s domestic canola crop will continue the oilseed’s ongoing acreage recovery since Western Canada’s historic 2021 drought. Last week StatCan released its first survey-based seeding intentions report for 2023-24, projecting canola area to increase by 0.9 per cent from 2022-23, to 21.597 million acres. This might be an
Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

Recent rains may not be enough to save U.S. wheat, traders say

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Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat rebounded from a 25-month low to close higher on Wednesday, edging up on fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine that cast doubt on the future of the Black Sea grains corridor, analysts said. Corn also gained on the tensions. Soybeans, meanwhile, followed with a rally after touching a
File photo of a canola field in northern France’s Normandy region. (Brasil2/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

Rapeseed production expected down in EU

USDA attache sees more soy, sunflower

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MarketsFarm — Rapeseed production in the European Union (EU) is expected to see a small decrease in the 2023-24 marketing year, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) European Union attaché in Vienna. In a Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report released Wednesday, the EU’s 2023-24 rapeseed crop is expected to total 19.3 million
We must assume that the situation that developed in 2022 is apt to occur again, and that next time it may not work out as well as it apparently has in 2022.
Op/Ed, Opinion

Opinion: The dodged bullets of 2022

Ag policy needs to be prepared if last year’s lifelines don’t reappear

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Canadian grain and oilseed producers experienced a surge in major crop input expenses in 2022. At the same time, the market for grains and oilseeds was exceptionally volatile. This dynamic was critical in determining farm incomes in 2022 and has much to say on what farmers need from agricultural policy. To investigate this issue, the
File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding to start in Manitoba, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan lentils expected to lose acres to wheat, canola

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MarketsFarm — With the calendar turning to May and temperatures expected to surpass 20 C this week, pulse seedings are set to begin for parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. “Right now, we’re still in a bit of a holding pattern,” said Manitoba provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange. “We haven’t really had much for drying. Now
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Fund short position in canola grows for first time in a month

Corn moves from net long to net short

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MarketsFarm — After covering bearish bets for four straight weeks, managed money fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in late April, covering longs and putting on new short positions. According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as of April 25,
Little Chinese soybean growth predicted
Markets, News

Little Chinese soybean growth predicted

Flagging prices likely mean acres will not dramatically rise in China

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Reuters – China’s soybean acreage may only slightly increase this year, an official said April 20, suggesting output is unlikely to match last year’s jump. The world’s top soybean importer launched a major effort to increase production of the pulse in 2022 amid concerns over its heavy reliance on imports. Output increased almost 24 per

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