(Photo courtesy United Soybean Board)

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on plentiful stocks, trade tensions

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures were lower on Monday as early-session support from a lower-than-anticipated government forecast on spring plantings faded and the market’s focus turned to ample U.S. supplies and rising trade tensions with top importer China. Corn futures notched a 2-1/2-week high on the U.S. Agriculture Department’s bullish acreage forecast late



Prairie wheat bids follow U.S. futures down

Prairie wheat bids follow U.S. futures down

The loonie rising more than 1-1/3 U.S. cents on the week also pressured cash prices

Wheat bids in Western Canada fell for the week ended March 23, taking direction from falling U.S. futures and a higher Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent) wheat prices fell across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data



Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

U.S. grains: Wheat hits two-month low

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dipped to two-month lows on Wednesday as improving weather for developing crops in the drought-hit southern Plains put the focus back on ample world supplies, traders said. Corn and soybean futures closed lower after a choppy session as traders squared positions a day ahead of key U.S. planting