U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Friday, paring some of this week’s steep declines, as exporters and domestic users stepped in to buy cash-market grain at discounted prices, analysts said.
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat climb on bargain-hunting, paring big weekly losses
Prairie CWRS wheat bids firm to start 2026
Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids moved higher in early January, as support from a weaker Canadian dollar countered the bearish influence of small declines for spring wheat futures in the United States.
Larger U.S. corn carryout forecast; soybeans/wheat also up
Corn ending stocks in the United States for 2025/26 will be much larger than earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Feed Grain Weekly: Higher export prices could push up those for feed
If there’s one bright spot in the Prairie feed grain market that would be export prices for barley and wheat. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said the grain elevators have upped their prices in order to meet export demand.
CBOT Weekly: USDA reports could support prices
Tom Lilja, an analyst from Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D., expects corn and soybeans yields to be trimmed ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand estimates release on Jan. 12, 2026.
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Feed Grains Weekly: Quieter demand pulls prices down
Feed prices for barley and wheat have pulled back a little following an upward swing that started in November and ended in early December, said Travis Ebens of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
Larger Canadian canola and wheat ending stocks expected
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised its 2025/26 carryout forecasts for canola and wheat in its latest supply/demand update released Dec. 17.
CBOT Weekly: Grains, oilseeds down ahead of an uncertain 2026
U.S. grain and oilseed futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell during the week ended Dec. 17, 2025 due to lagging exports and delayed data.
Feed Grain Weekly: Quiet trade to close the year
Feed grain prices are not expected to change drastically in the coming months, said a Saskatchewan-based trader.
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