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Expert's Radar: Wheat responds to escalating hostilities

My step-counting watch is very good at reminding me to get up and move if I haven’t taken at least 250 steps in the past hour. That subtle vibration is usually enough to get me out of my chair to stretch my legs, although I sometimes miss the reminder. Agricultural futures rarely have a problem


CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat down off two-week high on global demand

U.S. says soybean harvest is 62 per cent complete

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Monday after rising earlier to their highest level in more than two weeks on hopes for global demand. Corn futures also eased as traders monitored the U.S. harvest, while gains in soyoil futures helped lift the soybean market, analysts said. After trading

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

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slip on profit taking, macro pressure

Exports lift wheat futures

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Friday on profit-taking after hitting two-week highs in the previous session and as souring consumer sentiment and inflation worries hung over the market. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, but wheat rallied after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported stronger-than-expected weekly export sales and confirmed a


“I would say that generally, worldwide, the protein levels are a little bit hit or miss. In other words, there’s enough of a problem that people are seeking out protein or better-quality wheat.” – Neil Townsend, GrainFox.

Global protein shortfalls a boon for Manitoba wheat growers

International market pressures could be a silver lining for a Manitoba wheat crop that saw lower than normal yields

Manitoba wheat growers have a grain marketing mystery on their hands this year. There was no doubt the year was dry. Weekly crop reports put rainfall below average across most of the province, and it was less than half of normal in the driest parts of central Manitoba for most of the year. Given that,

Pastures green up with recent rainfall, but limits harvest progress

Pastures green up with recent rainfall, but limits harvest progress

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 22 (week 41)

Overview  Limited harvest progress over the last week due to widespread rainfall across the province. Harvest progress sits at 86 per cent complete across the province, which is ahead of the 5-year average (81 per cent). Harvest has wrapped up for most of the spring cereal crops, with barley at 100 per cent complete, oats


With Russia having a huge surplus, shipments from war-torn Ukraine curtailed and drought reducing harvest prospects in other exporting countries, the international market looks more reliant on Russian wheat this season.

Why are Russian export prices roiling the wheat market?

Dissecting the factors around Russia’s grain movement and its impact on global markets

Reuters – Russian wheat offers at a recent import tender by Egypt were all made at the same price, highlighting what traders classify as behind-the-scenes intervention by Russia’s government that is sowing confusion about the world’s biggest wheat-exporting country. Here is a more detailed look at what is happening: Russian policy In March, sources told



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

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures fall as harvest accelerates

CBOT December wheat turns lower

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn futures fell on Friday due to profit-taking after the previous day’s rally and forecasts of favourable harvest weather this weekend. Wheat futures also dropped as concerns ebbed about shipping grain through the Black Sea. The most-active Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures fell 1.2 per

CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat rises on Black Sea tensions

Corn at one-month high; soybeans also up

Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rallied on Thursday, boosted more than three per cent on reports of new tensions in the Black Sea region. Corn futures hit a one-month peak, breaking out of a recent range holding above a key technical level, and soybeans rose modestly despite lacklustre export demand. A Turkish-flagged general cargo ship