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U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low

Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.


Are corn markets poised for a rebound in March?

Are corn markets poised for a rebound in March?

Ethanol and possibility of China purchases support a rebound

The leap year’s extra day in February provided another one with misery for crop prices on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. Whether canola, corn, wheat or the Chicago soy complex, all May contracts were under their respective 50- and 100-day averages, and all had large net short positions as of Feb. 29. Each one






Several studies on shading have showed reductions in corn yield when solar radiation is reduced at various growth stages.

How is corn impacted by wildfire smoke?

Digging into how wildfire smoke affects corn crops

Occasional plumes of smoke from distant wildfires may affect human comfort but how does a smoke-obscured sun and poor air quality affect crops? “This has been a big topic of conversation where I work in the state of Indiana,” said Dan Quinn, an assistant professor of agronomy and extension corn specialist at Purdue University. He