CBOT weekly: USDA/weather in focus for corn and soybeans

CBOT weekly: USDA/weather in focus for corn and soybeans

Midwestern conditions favourable

Warm Midwestern temperatures and timely precipitation weighed on corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade coming out of the Independence Day long weekend. Weather should remain a major market driver through the growing season, although some short-term direction could come from the monthly United States Department of Agriculture supply/demand estimates due out on July 11.









Pea plants emerge in between stubble in a field. Dry peas are leading the way in emergence in Alberta at more than 96 per cent.  Photo: File

Alberta crop ratings nudge up

But ground drier

Alberta saw its overall crop rating improve, but its surface soil became drier, the province’s latest crop report said.


‘With the grain and flour not moving fast, it’s bringing the price down.’ Photo: Singh_Lens/iStock/Getty Images

Prairie wheat bids strengthen

Durum down

Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada strengthened during the week ended July 3, as gains in the United States futures and dryness concerns in parts of the Prairies provided support.