GRAINS-Corn ends higher, led by new-crop contracts on US weather

* Forecast for hot weather lifts new-crop corn * Gains in nearby corn capped by farmer selling * Soybeans mixed as long July/short November spread unwinds * Wheat firm on rain delays but world supplies cap gains (Recasts, adds closing prices, analyst comments) By Julie Ingwersen CHICAGO, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures rose




GRAINS-Corn falls most in a month as USDA forecasts record output

* USDA estimates 2013/14 corn crop at record 14 billion bushels * U.S. winter wheat production lifted on better yields * Wheat futures plunge 2 percent, soybeans narrowly lower (Updates U.S. market activity to close) By Michael Hirtzer CHICAGO, June 12 (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures fell 2.5 percent for their largest decline in a


McMillan: USDA area estimates surprise trade

CNSC / The U.S. Department of Agriculture surprised some analysts Wednesday by leaving seeded area estimates unchanged for all U.S. crops. Before the report, a poll of grain analysts by Reuters found expectations were for corn acres to drop 1.5 million acres and soybean acres to rise 700,000 due to seeding difficulties this spring. Over




Universal rotation principles uniquely applied to each farm

The view from Northern Blossom Farms - Part 2

This is the second instalment of a series of letters from Gary Martens, who is an instructor in plant science with the University of Manitoba. His ‘nano’ experimental farm is located near Kleefield, Man.  First I will lay out the principles by which I planned the crop rotation. These principles are derived from a long-term understanding


GRAINS-Corn, soy fall on expectations for U.S. planting progress

* USDA report confirms planting progress despite wet weather * U.S. soy plantings well behind average pace * Traders hope drier weather will open window for planting * Floods stall barge traffic on Mississippi River (Adds closing prices, details on Mississippi River floods) By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, June 4 (Reuters) - Deferred U.S. corn and

GRAINS-Soybeans climb as planting delays fuel supply worries

* Rains delay U.S. crop planting, postpones harvest outlook * Corn futures retreat on long liquidation, traders say * South Korea finds no GMO wheat yet in tests (Adds crop-progress data, closing prices) By Tom Polansek CHICAGO, June 3 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures climbed on Monday on concerns supplies will run short before the