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Crops, Markets

Wheat, soybeans buck expectations in USDA report

Soy ending stocks figure adjusted higher

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MarketsFarm — Projected average yields and production for wheat and soybeans for 2022-23 went against many analysts’ expectations, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA released its monthly world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on Friday, which surprisingly showed upward revisions for average yields and production despite pre-report estimates showing the opposite.
“I’ve had people come to our booth and tell us we bought them new half tons. If you’re losing three bushel(s) and you can get that down to one, that’s a considerable amount of money.” – Trevor Scherman.
Crops, Equipment

Calibrate your combine to boost profits

An hour or two spent properly calibrating your machine could be the most lucrative time you spend this harvest

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Farmers will spare no expense when it comes to tending their crops and maximizing production. So why do they spit so many of their profits out the back end of their combines at harvest? It’s a mystery to North Battleford farmer and inventor Trevor Scherman, one of the speakers at the recent Ag in Motion
File photo of a bulk port facility in Ukraine. (Olivia Sabeskaya/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

Outlook bleak if sea export route not reopened soon

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Khreshchate, Ukraine | Reuters — Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain. His silos are still crammed full with 1,100 tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest that he can’t export due to the closure of Ukraine’s
The USDA building in Washington, D.C. (Art Wager/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

Larger spring wheat crop expected in U.S.

USDA expects reduced total worldwide wheat crop

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MarketsFarm — Early indications point to a much larger spring wheat crop in the United States in 2022 compared to the drought-stricken 2021 crop despite the late seeding, according to the latest production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In USDA’s first official production estimates of the growing season breaking out the different wheat
File photo of Ukraine’s Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi at a “Global Food Security Call to Action” meeting of foreign ministers at United Nations headquarters in New York, on May 18, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)
Crops, Markets

Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says

'Significant' decline expected in winter wheat acres

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Kyiv | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to record levels, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told Reuters. Ukraine, sometimes known as Europe’s breadbasket, has had its maritime grain export routes blocked by Russia and
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, light green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend winning streak

CBOT wheat ends mixed

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures rose for the third day in a row on Friday on concerns about harvests in Brazil and Argentina limiting production. Wheat futures were mixed, with concerns about potential Russian aggression against Ukraine disrupting the shipment of wheat from the key export region sending
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans ease on South American rainfall

Wheat underpinned by Black Sea supply worry; corn adds on strong export inspections

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Monday, pressured by rainfall in parts of South America that could refresh parched crops as Argentina and southern Brazil near harvest. CBOT corn and wheat ended higher after earlier losses, with corn underpinned by strong export inspections and wheat weighing tensions between Russia and Ukraine that could
CBOT March 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, dark green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy rises on South American crop woes

Wheat, corn futures rally

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Friday on diminishing harvest estimates in South America, though trading remained volatile a day after prices reached a nine-month high, analysts said. Corn and wheat futures jumped on increased concerns that Russia may invade Ukraine and disrupt grain shipments from the Black Sea
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat firms with exports in focus

Chicago corn, soybeans fall

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, with strong buying interest by importers keeping prices near the multi-year highs hit earlier this week. Corn and soybean futures fell but the market was underpinned by strength in the cash market as grain dealers tried to entice U.S. farmers to book sales instead of

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