CBOT March 2023 soft red winter wheat with 50-day moving average, MGEX March 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. March 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat slides to 13-month low

Soybeans slip despite demand hopes

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat dropped on Monday, pressured by higher global supplies despite stronger-than-expected weekly U.S. exports, analysts said. Corn eased, pressured by lower wheat, though dry conditions in South America added support. Soybeans ended lower, underpinned by export demand and strong meal trade, though wheat weighed on the oilseed as well, traders

File photo of Black Sea port facilities at Odesa, Ukraine. (Leskas/iStock/Getty Images)

Russia denies slowing inspections for Ukraine grain ships

Ukraine alleges slow pace 'probably with intent'

Ankara | Reuters — Russia’s ambassador to Turkey said on Friday that Moscow sends its representatives to more ship inspections in Istanbul per day than mandated under the Black Sea grain deal, rejecting a Ukrainian accusation that Russia is slowing down the process. Ukraine’s grain exports have proceeded more slowly since a U.N.-brokered deal was


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

U.S. grains: Corn futures turn higher

CBOT wheat hits months-low on competition from Russian wheat

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures ended higher on Friday as the market continues to closely watch the weather in South America, on what turned into a relatively choppy and short trading day, analysts said. Meanwhile, wheat futures fell sharply — with the December contract hitting its lowest since Aug. 22

Ukrainian soldiers capture the moment when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Kherson on Nov. 14, 2022.

From Ukraine: Watermelons, raccoons and laughter through tears

FIRST PERSON: The people of Ukraine are coping with adversity any way they can as winter's grip deepens

I can imagine how Canadians feel when they watch news from Ukraine on television.  Not long ago, we in Ukraine watched reports from Iraq and Syria, and it seemed to us like a broadcast from another planet – a planet of cruelty and destruction. Now we live on this planet.  To maintain a healthy mind,


The Navi Star, a Panama-flagged bulk carrier ship, arrives at the western Ireland port of Foynes delivering 33,000 tonnes of Ukrainian corn on Aug. 20.

Black Sea tensions spur market volatility

Geopolitical concerns arise in a relatively quiet period for market fundamentals

North American grain and oilseed markets saw wide price swings during the week ended Nov. 17. A barrage of conflicting news regarding the long-running conflict in Ukraine was at the forefront. The week started amid talk that Russia was considering backing away from the agreement allowing Ukrainian grain shipments through the Black Sea. Any disruption

A Panama-flagged bulk carrier, Ikaria Angel, leaves Ukraine’s port of Chornomorsk with wheat for Ethiopia on Sept. 17, 2022. (File photo: Reuters/Serhii Smolientsev)

CBOT weekly outlook: Renewed agreement puts pressure on corn, wheat

Soy trade focused on Brazil's crop potential

MarketsFarm — A renewed agreement between Russia and Ukraine to allow the latter’s grain to be shipped out of the Black Sea has recently been putting pressure on corn and wheat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Russia and Ukraine, with mediation from the United Nations and Turkey, agreed Nov. 17 to an


CBOT January 2023 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soy firms on bargain buying but posts weekly decline

December wheat ends down, corn up

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Friday on bargain buying after a two-session slide, but still ended the week down about one per cent on uncertainty about demand from China, traders said. Wheat futures turned lower, retreating from early advances, with the benchmark December contract on the Chicago Board of Trade declining

Grain ships carrying Ukrainian grain are seen in the Black Sea, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, near Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine Oct. 30, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Serhii Smolientsev)

Black Sea grain export deal extended

Deal's terms unchanged; Moscow to still seek removal of obstacles to grain, fertilizer exports

Reuters — A deal aimed at easing global food shortages by helping Ukraine export its agricultural products from Black Sea ports was extended for four months on Thursday, though Russia said its own demands were yet to be fully addressed. The agreement, initially reached in July, created a protected transit corridor and was designed to