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CBOT May 2021 soybeans with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn limit-up on planting intentions

USDA acreage data provides lift; wheat also higher

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and corn futures surged by their daily trading limits on Wednesday after the U.S. Agriculture Department released smaller-than-expected U.S. planting intentions. Wheat followed higher, despite USDA’s higher-than-expected quarterly grain stocks. The most-active soybean futures contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) added 70 cents to $14.36-3/4 per bushel, […] Read more
CBOT May 2021 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn falls one per cent, soy drifts lower

May wheat ends up off nine-week low

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about one per cent on Monday on position squaring ahead of crop reports due this week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) along with forecasts for generally favourable planting weather in the Midwest, analysts said. Soybean futures also declined while wheat closed higher, rallying on bargain […] Read more
CBOT May 2021 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans follow veg oils lower

Corn, wheat gain after selloff

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures slid on Friday, pressured by declines in soyoil and funds squaring positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grain stocks and planting intentions reports due March 31, traders said. Corn and wheat rebounded from prior day losses, but failed to end the week higher. The most-active soybean […] Read more
CME November 2020 feeder cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slip as feed grain prices soar

Firm cash prices support CME hogs

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures retreated on Wednesday after the December contract hit its highest price in more than a month, while feeder cattle futures slumped as prices surged for grain used as animal feed. The rally in U.S. grain futures prices hung over cattle markets because livestock producers will be more […] Read more
Burnett on Markets: Global grain stocks offer false sense of food security
Crops, Markets

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

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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
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

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

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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

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