Table 3: Percentage Harvest Completion by Crop and Region to Aug. 15, 2023 (crops still unharvested, or negligible acres displayed as – or omitted from this table).

Harvest in Manitoba at three per cent, wheat crop mostly fair to good

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 14 (week 33)

Overview  Harvest progress sits at 3 per cent complete across the province (table above), which is on-par with the 5-year average harvest progress. Winter wheat and fall rye harvest continues, with 67 per cent of acres harvested. Early yield reports for winter wheat are averaging about 60 bu/acre. Harvest has started in spring cereal crops,

CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn futures touch 2020 low on improved crop ratings

U.S. soybean crushings set record in July

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures tumbled on Tuesday to their lowest level since 2020 after a weekly report from the U.S. government showed better-than-expected crop conditions. Soybean futures also slid on improved U.S. crop ratings, while wheat reached its lowest level in more than two months. A risk-averse sentiment across



Mexico says U.S. not playing ball on GM corn

Mexico says U.S. not playing ball on GM corn

Mexico has plans to restrict GM corn; the U.S. and Canada are not enthused

Reuters – The United States has denied a request by Mexico to jointly conduct scientific research on the health impact of genetically modified corn, says a Mexican government official. Mexico has repeatedly called on the U.S. to work together on scientific studies amid a conflict over the Latin American country’s plans to limit the use


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Fund long position holds steady in canola

Net long in CBOT soybeans down on week

MarketsFarm — The managed money long position in canola held relatively steady during the week ended Aug. 8, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Aug. 8, the net managed money long position in canola futures came in at 23,753 contracts (49,339 long, 25,856

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Little change seen in USDA’s WASDE report

U.S. corn, soy, wheat production figures down from July report

MarketsFarm — August figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) provided very few surprises and not much change after their release Friday. However, crop production and carryout estimates were tightened from those in July. USDA’s 2023-24 corn production estimate declined by 209 million bushels from July to 15.111 billion,


CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybean, grains futures drop as traders shed risk

Corn, soy harvests set to be smaller than expected

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and grain futures turned lower on Friday as improving growing weather led investors to anticipate that U.S. Midwest crop conditions will improve, traders said. Corn and soybean futures had a particularly choppy trading session as a flurry of bearish signs prompted investors to shed risks at the end of

File photo of a sunrise over an Alberta barley crop. (MNphotography/iStock/Getty Images)

Feed weekly outlook: Crop conditions, barley demand lower

Prices expected steady to lower for now

MarketsFarm — As combining operations begin, dryness continues to plague crops in many parts of Saskatchewan. But while crop conditions aren’t as bad as they were during the drought of 2021, according to trader Evan Peterson from JGL Commodities in Saskatoon, crops are still very parched. “Southern and western parts are very, very poor. But


CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat firm ahead of USDA report

CBOT soybeans end mixed

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and wheat futures firmed on Thursday, with traders unwinding bearish bets ahead of a key U.S. government report on supply and demand on Friday. The soybean market was mixed, with thinly traded old-crop contracts easing and new-crop contracts firming as investors adjusted positions ahead of the

Weather extremes trim EU 2023-24 grain prospects

Weather extremes trim EU 2023-24 grain prospects

European weather has swung wildly

Reuters – Europe’s grain crop is expected to drop due to wildly ranging growing conditions, according to an Aug. 2 report by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service post in Madrid, Spain. The agency reported that the bloc has suffered “weather conditions ranging from excessive heat to cooler-than-average temperatures, and from drought to