Chicago corn closed on Friday with its biggest yearly drop in a decade while wheat and soybeans also posted steep annual declines after bumper harvests in Brazil and resilient Black Sea trade tempered concerns about weather and war.
U.S. grains: Corn closes with biggest yearly loss in a decade
Wheat, soy decline on bumper Brazil harvest, resilient Black Sea trade
China corn breeders ready for doubling of GMO planting in 2024
Move into biotech corn being watched internationally as potential threat to imports
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters – Chinese corn breeders are preparing to plant more than double the amount of genetically modified corn next year than in 2023, three industry sources said, with Beijing expected to tightly control the rollout. GM corn will be allowed on about 670,000 hectares (1.66 million acres), in eight provinces next year, including the northeastern […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds with Black Sea risks, short covering by funds
Corn, soybeans fell as traders assessed a rainy forecast in South America
Chicago wheat futures climbed on Thursday after a vessel hit a mine in the Black Sea, an incident that underscores the continuing security risks along the key global grain trade shipping route.
Feed Grain weekly outlook: Corn, barley on level ground
High Canadian dollar behind lower corn trading
Prices for Canadian feed barley and United States corn imports reached parity as the feed grain market took a breather between Christmas and New Year’s Day.
U.S. grains: Wheat slips after rally, soybeans tick higher
Traders continue to keep a sharp eye on Brazil weather forecast
Chicago wheat declined on Wednesday, erasing most of the gains made the day before when worries that escalating wartime tensions would impact shipping in the Black Sea exporting region sent grains markets higher.
CBOT weekly outlook: Late Christmas gift for futures
Re-opening of U.S./Mexico rail crossings boosted corn, dryness lifted soybeans
On what would have been a bearish week on the Chicago Board of Trade ending Dec. 27, prices received a sharp boost as trading resumed after Christmas.
China approves seed firms for GMO corn and soybeans
The world's biggest buyer of soybeans and corn wants to reduce its reliance on imports
China has approved a first batch of seed companies to breed and sell genetically modified corn and soybean seeds, paving the way for commercial planting of GMO grains in a move that could cut its reliance on imports from the U.S. and Brazil.
U.S. grains: Chicago soybean, grain futures firm ahead of holidays
Railways between U.S. and Mexico reopened five days after key trade routes closed
Chicago Board of Trade soybean and grain futures firmed on Friday, as traders adjusted their positions before the year-end holidays after a flurry of economic data showed underlying inflation pressures continuing to ease.
US reopens key rail crossings between Texas and Mexico
American, Mexican agriculture groups express relief
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said operations resumed at 2 p.m. ET at the international railway crossing bridges in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas. The closures had prompted alarm from railroads, the agriculture industry and some lawmakers over the economic impact to halted export trade.
More local barley destined for rations, but U.S. corn still moving
Prior to drought year 2021/22, Canadian corn imports had rarely topped two million tonnes
Recently revised supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised the forecast for domestic barley usage in the current crop year to 6.155 million tonnes. That compares with an earlier forecast of 5.471 million tonnes. If realized, that would be up by roughly 200,000 tonnes from the previous year.
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