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CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn plunges most in three years on crop estimate surprises

By GFM Network News August 12, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell nearly six per cent on Monday, their biggest drop in more than three years, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast a bigger-than-expected harvest. USDA forecast the 2019-20 corn crop at 13.901 billion bushels, above the 13.875 billion bushels expected in July. A Reuters poll of analysts

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek July 16, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures extended losses on Tuesday as crops in the U.S. Midwest were poised to benefit from rains, traders said. Technical selling and better-than-expected U.S. Department of Agriculture crop condition ratings added pressure on prices. Showers in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Delta temporarily eased concerns about

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

By GFM Network News June 25, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight day on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of U.S. crops deteriorated last week following rain, although gains were pared late in the session on improving weather. Soybeans turned lower on forecasts for a window of warmer and drier

Crops, Markets, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter June 7, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures notched a fourth weekly gain on Friday — even after closing the day down 1.27 per cent — as lack of rain in Russia raised concerns over reduced yields in the world’s top exporter of the grain. Support also came from fears of production losses

Vegetation growth index for the Prairie provinces compared to average as of May 26. (CCAP)

Crops, Weather

Canadian crop development behind average

By GFM Network News, MarketsFarm Team June 4, 2019

MarketsFarm — Crop development is running behind average across much of Canada, with excessive moisture delaying seeding in Ontario and dryness slowing crop development across the Prairies. That’s according to the latest satellite data from the federal Crop Condition Assessment Program (CCAP), created in partnership between Statistics Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Crop development

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Big crop keeps market under pressure

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 25, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada’s canola contracts were up and down during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction as values consolidated above the nine-month lows set the previous week. “Canola is a follower and does not have a mind of its own,” said analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend. The underlying fundamentals were

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin July 18, 2018

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted their largest chickpea crop in more than a decade in 2018, with the bigger crop likely to lead to a wider price spread between larger- and smaller-calibre supplies. Statistics Canada has placed chickpea acreage for 2018 at 468,900 acres, which would be well above the 160,000 acres planted in

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans end near decade low as trade war deepens

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume July 11, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to contract lows on Wednesday and the most active contract closed at the lowest in nearly 10 years as an escalating trade war with China stoked worries about long-term export demand from the world’s top importer of the oilseed. Favourable crop weather in the U.S. Midwest weighed

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on favourable weather

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume July 10, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday on forecasts for crop-boosting rain and milder temperatures in the heart of the U.S. corn belt, with three-quarters of the nation’s crop already in good-to-excellent shape. Wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent on dull export demand and improving spring wheat

Crops, Pulses, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Edible beans in good shape for now

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Manitoba’s edible bean crops are generally in good shape, although too much moisture could become a concern. Canadian farmers intended to plant 246,000 acres of edible beans in 2018, which would be down slightly from 333,000 the previous year, according to Statistics Canada data. Of that total, Manitoba edible bean area was

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U.S. grains: Corn plunges most in three years on crop estimate surprises

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Canadian crop development behind average

ICE weekly outlook: Big crop keeps market under pressure

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

U.S. grains: Soybeans end near decade low as trade war deepens

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on favourable weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Edible beans in good shape for now

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