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USDA grains report catches speculators leaning wrong way

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub January 12, 2016

Washington | Reuters — Grains market speculators who had built massive short positions in recent months were caught leaning the wrong way after the U.S. government cut its corn and soy harvest views, as well as its wheat planting estimate, in reports released on Tuesday. Although the overall fundamental picture remains bleak, the bearish bets

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA cuts acreage view

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 12, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain prices rallied on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed its estimate of winter wheat seedings by more than anticipated and unexpectedly cut its corn and soybean production view. Wheat futures surged nearly three per cent to a three-week high on fund short covering while corn and soybeans

Crops, Markets

USDA’s corn, stocks view misses forecasts; prices surge

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub January 12, 2016

Washington | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean supplies ballooned to record levels during the last three months of 2015 following bountiful harvests of both commodities and cutbacks in usage, according to government data released on Tuesday. But grain stocks lagged market forecasts, and corn and soybean production was smaller than previously estimated, the U.S.

Average Manitoba corn yields in 2015 hit a new record high of 136 bushels an acre, based on 99.7 per cent of yield data collected by the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation being keyed in.

Crops, Local news

Manitoba crop yields above average in 2015

Corn and soybeans set new records at 136 and 39 bushels an acre, based on crop insurance data

By Allan Dawson January 11, 2016

2015 was a bumper crop year for Manitoba with farmers setting new records for corn and soybean yields, according to data collected by the crop insurance branch of the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation (MASC). Based on 99.7 per cent of yield data from insured farmers entered into MASC’s database, the average yield for corn in

Crops, Markets

Prairie spring wheat bids move higher

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News January 11, 2016

CNS Canada –– Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Friday, as U.S. futures also rose during that timeframe. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by C$9-$10 per tonne during the period, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points across the Prairie

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls from three-week high

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 11, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dropped two per cent on Monday on technical selling and profit-taking after touching three-week highs last week, while traders eyed an eagerly awaited series of government reports on crops due on Tuesday. Corn and soybeans also fell, with declines in broader commodities markets amid fresh investor concerns about

Crops, Markets

U.S. wheat up with short-covering, but more downside possible

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 8, 2016

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures hit contract lows over the past week, before seeing a short-covering correction in recent days. However, with ample world supplies and poor export demand, the path of least resistance likely remains lower, according to market participants. The fundamentals are pretty bearish for wheat, but the market structure is looking

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on short covering

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume January 8, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures firmed on Friday on technical buying and short-covering as investors squared positions before a key government crop report due to be released on Tuesday. Stabilizing global equities markets following steep losses to start the year offered underlying support to grains. Wheat futures notched the strongest gains

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn approaches seven-month low on poor exports, big supply

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek January 7, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures neared a seven-month low on Thursday on concerns about poor export demand and large world supplies. Soybean futures also traded mostly lower, while wheat futures jumped on technical buying. Corn traders focused on exports and stockpiles before the release next week of U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Analysts

Crops

Genetic codebreaking on wheat years ahead of schedule

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff January 6, 2016

Sequencing the infamously complex genome for bread wheat — a game-changing task for wheat breeding that’s been estimated to take four or five more years — may now just take another couple of years, following a milestone announced Wednesday. The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC), a team co-led by Canadian researchers, announced Wednesday it

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit contract highs on tight supply

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on doubts over U.S.-China trade progress

Alberta harvest wrapping up: report

Spring wheat

USDA grains report catches speculators leaning wrong way

U.S. grains: Wheat surges as USDA cuts acreage view

USDA’s corn, stocks view misses forecasts; prices surge

Manitoba crop yields above average in 2015

Prairie spring wheat bids move higher

U.S. grains: Wheat falls from three-week high

U.S. wheat up with short-covering, but more downside possible

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on short covering

U.S. grains: Corn approaches seven-month low on poor exports, big supply

Genetic codebreaking on wheat years ahead of schedule

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