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CBOT July 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20- and 50-day moving averages (yellow and green lines). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop to three-week lows

Wheat futures hit lowest since April 8; corn drops to one-week low

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures dropped to a more than three-week low on Monday, pressured by falling crude oil markets and delayed U.S. corn planting that some analysts think could push farmers to plant more soybeans. Corn fell ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s weekly planting progress report on Monday afternoon, showing

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Prairie cash wheat: Weather, loonie raise wheat bids

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 30, 2022

MarketsFarm — Adverse weather on both ends of the U.S. Plains as well as a weaker Canadian dollar were both supportive factors for western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. For the second straight weekend, a Colorado low system hit the northern Plains as well as the eastern Prairie provinces on Sunday and

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U.S. EPA allows temporary summer sales of higher-ethanol fuel

Waiver seen as score for corn growers

By GFM Network News, Stephanie Kelly April 30, 2022

New York | Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency waiver for a higher-ethanol gasoline blend on Friday, allowing summertime sales of the fuel in an attempt to help lower gasoline prices at the pump. The move represents a temporary win for the biofuels industry and corn farmers, as it will likely

CBOT July 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (green line), MGEX July 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. July 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall after rains

Chicago soybeans, corn flat

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 30, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to three-week lows on Friday, led by hard red winter wheat contracts after showers in key growing parts of the U.S. Plains provided a much needed boost to soil moisture, traders said. Corn futures ended unchanged after spiking to their highest in nearly 10 years for the

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Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News April 29, 2022

MarketsFarm — As southern Alberta still reels from the effects of last summer’s drought, one trader expects spring seeding for feed grains to be on time. “I think it should be on schedule this year,” said Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. Planting has already started in some places around

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Elevator declarations changing Aug. 1

CGC says the move won't harm Canada's grain quality assurance system

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News April 28, 2022

The declarations of eligibility western Canadian farmers sign before delivering to elevators, effective Aug. 1, will no longer include crops that don’t require end-use quality assessment as part of the variety registration process. “It’s not a big change,” Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) spokesman Remi Gosselin said in an interview Thursday. Wade Sobkowich, executive director of

Flags in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. (Inakiantonana/E+/Getty Images)

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EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23

By GFM Network News, Marketsfarm April 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Total grain production in the European Union is expected to decrease overall by 2.4 per cent in 2022-23, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture attachés throughout the multi-nation bloc. For the coming crop year, they forecast production to be 286.02 million tonnes of wheat, corn, barley, rye, oats, mixed grains and others. One

CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20- and 40-day moving averages (yellow and orange lines). (Barchart)

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U.S. grains: Corn edges higher as traders eye Midwest weather

Soybean, wheat futures weak

By GFM Network News, Mark Weinraub April 28, 2022

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday, briefly hitting a fresh 10-year high, on forecasts for more showers that will further delay planting in the rain-soaked Midwest, traders said. Soybean futures eased, with traders noting that the slow pace of corn planting could cause an uptick in soybean acres as the calendar

ICE July 2022 canola (candlesticks, right column) with 20-day moving average (yellow line) and CME July 2022 crude palm oil (orange line, left column). (Barchart)

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola books steep rise in prices

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Canola prices, along with other edible oils, received a strong boost on Wednesday due to sharp upticks in Malaysian palm oil values. Canola futures have also received support from a bullish forecast this week from Statistics Canada on planted acres for this spring. Despite the Indonesian government stating Monday its export ban on

CBOT July 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

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CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Confluence of events’ keeps corn, soy supported

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin April 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade hit fresh contract highs on Wednesday, while soybeans also remain well supported with a number of factors likely to keep the grains and oilseeds underpinned going forward. “It’s never just one thing, a confluence of events have taken us up,” said Sean Lusk of Walsh

Daily Network News

Southern California honeybees show resistance to varroa mites

Pulse Weekly: SaskPulse optimistic despite input, crop price concerns

Canadian aquaculture should be classed as agriculture, industry groups say

Crops

U.S. grains: Soybeans drop to three-week lows

Prairie cash wheat: Weather, loonie raise wheat bids

U.S. EPA allows temporary summer sales of higher-ethanol fuel

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall after rains

Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

Elevator declarations changing Aug. 1

EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher as traders eye Midwest weather

ICE weekly outlook: Canola books steep rise in prices

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Confluence of events’ keeps corn, soy supported

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