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

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on Brazilian heat, export demand

Wheat moves higher; corn slumps on ample supplies

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures climbed more than one per cent on Tuesday on concerns that scorching weather conditions in South America were taking a toll on crops, while the market also drew support from a fresh round of private sales by U.S. exporters. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat also rose more
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Crops, Markets

Speculators buy back bearish canola bets in latest report

Funds reduce net long in soybeans

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MarketsFarm — Fund traders were actively covering bearish bets in canola during the week ended Nov. 21, buying back some previously placed short positions, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The report was delayed due to the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. As of Nov. 21, 2023,
CBOT March 2024 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX March 2024 hard red spring wheat (yellow high/low/close) and K.C. March 2024 hard red winter wheat (orange H/L/C). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat futures hit contract lows

March corn falls 1.7 per cent, soybeans touch three-week low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures tumbled on Monday after the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, pressured by slow demand and technical selling and as traders liquidated positions ahead of Thursday’s first notice day for deliveries. Chicago Board of Trade March and May corn futures and all wheat contracts fell to contract lows while
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Prices fall back, more so for CWRS, CPSR

MGEX, K.C. wheats down on week

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MarketsFarm — Wheat prices across the Prairies lost ground during the week ended Nov. 23, with Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats incurring larger declines than those for durum. Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat futures pulled back during the week, but Chicago nudged up a little. Ongoing issues with lacklustre U.S.
CBOT January 2024 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil

Most-active K.C. wheat reaches July 2021 low

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled on Friday under pressure from favourable rains in Brazil, the biggest global supplier, analysts said. The market has pulled back about five per cent since jumping last week to its highest price since August amid concerns over hot, dry weather reducing output in northern
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Crops, Markets

China’s COFCO says it imported Canadian durum for first time

China's imports usually involve pasta or durum flour instead

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Beijing | Reuters — Chinese state-run food group COFCO Group said it had imported Canadian durum wheat for the first time for processing into flour, a departure from China’s usual practice of importing finished durum flour or pasta. “This direct import of durum wheat has enriched the structure of China’s imported wheat varieties, facilitated the
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Crops

Ottawa lines up with farmers on right-to-repair

Feds to call for owners to be able to repair their own equipment

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The federal government says it’s siding with Canadian farmers on the right-to-repair debate. An announcement this week from the federal government called for an adjustment to the Competition Act that would prevent manufacturers from refusing to provide the means of device and product repair in an “anti-competitive manner.” That declaration came in the government’s 2023
A soybean field north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 17, 2023. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: The three main factors affecting soybeans

'Here at $13.60, we're 70 cents overpriced'

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MarketsFarm — Soybean prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are being pulled by three main factors, according to a trader. Ryan Ettner from Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. explained that erratic weather in Brazil and Argentina is having a major effect on soybean prices, as well as Chinese demand for U.S. soybeans and

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