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Burnett on Markets: Global grain stocks offer false sense of food security

In event of production shortfall, 60 per cent of available stocks would never be available to market

The economic parallels from the COVID-19 epidemic are quickly changing from comparisons to the recent financial crisis in 2008-09 to the Great Depression. My parents and grandparents lived through the Depression and it did have many impacts on their everyday lives. The main symbol of the Depression-era mentality was the two enormous chest freezers in […] Read more

Crops, Markets

USDA’s jump in soybean stocks comes in below forecasts

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 30, 2019

MarketsFarm — Although stocks of soybeans in the U.S. were estimated Monday to have increased dramatically compared to their year-ago level, the amount of that increase fell short of market expectations. In the Grain Stocks report released Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), total soybean stocks as of Sept. 1 were estimated to […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Not much faith in USDA’s WASDE

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm July 10, 2019

MarketsFarm — For one trader, the monthly world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), aren’t something he spends a lot of time dealing with. “I don’t put a lot of faith in them,” said David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg. This month’s WASDE could be something toward […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

USDA to adjust format of monthly supply/demand report

By Julie Ingwersen April 9, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture will revise its monthly world supply and demand crop reports starting in May to try to account for the outsized role of China’s global grain stocks, a government official said on Tuesday, confirming a note on a USDA website. Starting with its May 10 report, the […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 3, 2019

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale Inc. at McHenry, Ill. The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

By Julie Ingwersen January 4, 2019

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. New release dates for the monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report and other data originally scheduled for Friday, Jan. 11, will be […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Spring Wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports not expected to shake up markets

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm September 26, 2018

CNS Canada — Corn, soybean and wheat futures in the U.S. are awaiting the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports, but traders aren’t expecting the reports to much of an effect on prices. USDA releases its quarterly grain stocks and small grains summary reports on Friday. “It basically wraps up the 2017-18 crop year […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm March 29, 2018

CNS Canada — Two much anticipated reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) sent markets soaring and left traders speechless in the last trading day before the Easter holiday. USDA released its quarterly grain stocks and prospective plantings reports Thursday at 11 a.m. CT. Traders had been expecting corn area to be at 80.3 […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat down on better weather, positioning ahead of USDA

By Julie Ingwersen March 27, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures declined on Tuesday as rains in the Southern Plains breadbasket boosted prospects for the region’s drought-hit winter wheat crop, analysts said. Soybean futures fell while corn closed flat in light volume ahead of key data due this week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The government was […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after weather-driven selloff

By Julie Ingwersen March 22, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures firmed Thursday on bargain-buying a day after forecasts for much-needed moisture pressed the Kansas City May hard red winter wheat contract to a seven-week low, traders said. Corn futures closed modestly higher while soybeans ended mostly steady. Chicago Board of Trade May wheat futures settled up 2-1/4 cents […] Read more

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Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Funds’ net long keeps growing in canola

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end up on firm cash trade

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

Funds’ net long keeps growing in canola

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Burnett on Markets: Global grain stocks offer false sense of food security

USDA’s jump in soybean stocks comes in below forecasts

ICE weekly outlook: Not much faith in USDA’s WASDE

USDA to adjust format of monthly supply/demand report

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

U.S. delays key agriculture reports due to government shutdown

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA reports not expected to shake up markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Shocker USDA reports leave questions for traders

U.S. grains: Wheat down on better weather, positioning ahead of USDA

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds after weather-driven selloff

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