The USDA is forecasting tighter U.S. corn ending stocks for 2025/26 due to increased exports. The supply/demand balance sheets for soybeans and wheat were unchanged.
USDA sees tighter U.S. corn stocks, soybeans and wheat unchanged
U.S. grains: Soybeans slide below $11 on demand doubts
U.S. soybean futures fell below $11 a bushel on Monday for the first time since October on uncertainty over whether China will buy as much U.S. supply as Washington expects and as South American crop weather favored large soy harvests that could begin in about a month, analysts said.
The fickleness of nitrogen
Daniel Quinn, professor of corn production at Purdue, on getting the most out of nitrogen in corn.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Nitrogen is one of the most challenging nutrients to manage in corn production, in part because of how it responds to environmental conditions.
U.S. grains: Soy futures slide on China demand doubts
Soybean futures posted their first weekly loss in eight weeks at Friday’s close. Corn and wheat futures were also lower.
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans higher in technical bounce; wheat firms
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago corn futures rose modestly on Thursday on chart-based buying, firm cash markets and reminders of brisk export demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. Soybean and wheat futures followed the firm trend, shrugging off pressure from larger-than-expected estimates of Canada’s wheat and canola harvests. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures […] Read more
Record large Canadian wheat and canola crops: Statistics Canada
Canadian wheat and canola production in 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) surpassed early expectations to hit new record highs, according to updated survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada released Dec. 4.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat ease after gains driven by Black Sea jitters
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. corn futures fell on Wednesday and wheat futures also dipped as fears eased about a military escalation in the Black Sea grain export region, analysts said. Soybeans declined on uncertainty about Chinese demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed. Chicago Board of Trade March corn futures CH26 were down 6-1/2 […] Read more
CBOT Weekly: Watching for Chinese soybean purchases
As activity at the Chicago Board of Trade shifts into holiday mode through the New Year, independent analyst Terry Reilly pointed to three things to watch over the next few weeks.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat futures climb on Black Sea tensions
Chicago corn and wheat futures rose on Tuesday, lifted by worries about tensions in the Black Sea grain export region as well as cold weather slowing grain movement in the U.S. Midwest, analysts said. Soybeans were lower.
U.S. grains: Soy futures dip as traders await China sales; corn, wheat sag
U.S. soybean futures retreated on Monday from a one-week top on a lack of fresh soy sales to top buyer China and lingering doubts over whether the Asian nation will buy 12 million tonnes of the oilseed by the end of 2025
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