Grains: Latest News and Analysis

AgWeb
China’s Waning Grain Imports Signal Shift for Global Markets
Karen Braun of Reuters notes that China’s role as a major grain importer is declining, signaling a significant shift in global agricultural trade. USDA revised China’s 2024-25 grain import forecasts, ...
Reuters
Is China ending its stint as major global grain importer?
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Reuters
Is China ending its stint as major global grain importer? -Braun
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AgWeb
Why Did Grains Close Lower Post WASDE and What’s Next For the Market?
Brian Grete with Pro Farmers says grains sold off into the close Tuesday disappointed about the lack of changes in the domestic balance sheets in the WASDE.
AgWeb
Why Did Grain Fall Post WASDE and What’s Next For the Market?
Brian Grete with Pro Farmers says grains sold off into the close disappointed about the lack of changes in the domestic balance sheets in the WASDE.
Brownfield Ag News
Wheat, corn export inspections above prior week
The USDA says the paces of corn, soybean, and wheat export inspections as of the week ending February 6th remain ahead of what’s needed to meet expectations for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 ...
Reuters
Funds push bullish CBOT corn bets to highest since April 2022
Funds bought corn” is perhaps becoming a broken record for U.S. grain markets, though there are signs that the streak could soon be snapped.
USA Today
Without USAID's Food for Peace, Kansas grain elevators have no market for sorghum
President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk have shut down USAID and Food for Peace, meaning Kansas sorghum farmers lost a market for their crop.
Reuters
US farmers turn to Airbnb, corn mazes to outlast agricultural downturn
A dead-end dirt road cutting through rural Wisconsin leads to a pasture dotted with shaggy-coated Highland cattle, fluffy Icelandic sheep and a vintage Airstream trailer that farmer Brit Thompson ...
AgWeb
Grain Markets Close Higher for the Week Despite Uncertainty
Grains took a pause Friday in preparation for the February WASDE, but the market is in the critical price discovery process before planting, says Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group.
AgWeb
Grains Slide Friday on Profit Taking, SA Weather, Uncertainty
Alan Brugler, A&N Economics, says grains pulled back Friday on profit taking after hitting chart resistance and with uncertainty about trade and administrative policies.
AG Week
Volatile week for grains, and cattle market reacts to reopening of U.S/Mexico border
Randy Koenen of Red River Farm Network and Randy Martinson of Martinson Ag Risk Management discuss how market attention on tariffs has shifted for the moment on the Agweek Market Wrap.
Brownfield Ag News
Tariffs could boost organic grain markets
The senior merchandiser at Illinois-based Clarkson Grain says proposed tariffs on countries like Canada could boost organic grain markets. Kelsey Graber tells Brownfield, “In the organic space we ...
AgWeb
Grains Fall, Cattle Recover After the Trifecta That Tanked Cash and Futures
Scott Varilek with Kooima Kooima Varilek says cattle futures are trying to recover after the trifecta that tanked the futures Thursday and pulled down cash as well. The news has been bearish this week ...
AgWeb
Grains Rebound on Fund/Money Flow with a Washout in Cattle on Lower Cash
Grain and hog markets end higher on Thursday, while cattle plunge. Dave Chatterton, Strategic Farm Marketing, says grain markets rebounded late session led by wheat. News was light in the grain ...
Reuters
US grain, oilseed exports surge in 2024 without boost from China
Most global importers last year took advantage of plentiful and cheaper U.S. bulk agricultural commodities, including soybeans and corn, the top-ticket items.
Reuters
US grain, oilseed exports surge in 2024 without boost from China -Braun
Most global importers last year took advantage of plentiful and cheaper U.S. bulk agricultural commodities, including soybeans and corn, the top-ticket items.
Reuters
Russia's struggling grain trader gives up foreign passport to keep business
The owner of a company that was until recently Russia's largest grain trader has given up his foreign citizenship, a source close to his company told Reuters, in an apparent attempt to remain in ...
Reuters
Bunge misses fourth-quarter profit estimates
Bunge Global missed Wall Street's expectations for fourth-quarter profit on Wednesday, after a global glut in crop prices took a hit on the grain trader's margins.
Reuters
China has delayed or redirected 600,000 tons of wheat imports, sources say
China has delayed imports of up to 600,000 metric tons of mostly Australian wheat and offered some of these cargoes to other buyers as ample domestic supplies reduce demand in the world's top buyer of ...
Bloomberg L.P.
Wheat Hits Three-Month High as Market Awaits US-China Talks
Wheat hit the highest in almost three months as traders considered China’s cautious approach to US tariffs, and the market awaited details on possible talks between the leaders of the world’s ...
AgWeb
Cattle Correct but Record Prices are Still Ahead: Grains Rally on Tariff Pause, China Hopes
Brad Kooima, Kooima Kooima Varilek, says cattle futures continue to consolidate off recent record highs in routine profit taking mode as the markets got overbought. Grains extended gains on hopes for ...
Bloomberg L.P.
Ceilings in 2025? $80 oil, $4 natural gas, $4.50 copper, $5 corn
Some combination of WTI crude oil staying above $80 a barrel, $4 per million British thermal unit natural gas, $4.50-a-pound copper and $5 corn may be needed for broad commodities to add to ...
AgWeb
Grains Recover But Was it the Mexican Tariff Delay or China Hopes?
John Heinberg, Total Farm Marketing, says grains opened lower on Monday but recovered shortly after the opening when news broke that the U.S. would delay tariffs on Mexico for 30 days to allow ...
Reuters
‘It won’t come back’: Argentina farmers battle drought and a shrinking harvest
Standing in his fields among tall, dry corn plants, farmer Dario Sabini inspects the smaller-than-usual corn cobs before taking the yellowing leaves of the crop that should be green at this time of ...
Reuters
Unprecedented clash forms between funds' CBOT corn and wheat views -Braun
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YAHOO!Finance
Grain facility in Warren, Minnesota, to get expansion and upgrade to nearly double storage capacity
A grain facility project in Warren that's been a topic of conversation for years is finally moving ahead, said a member of farmer-owned cooperative and agribusiness CHS Inc. It's an exciting ...
AgWeb
Weekly Grain Market Recap
Check out ourOutlook with Empire Weather! Looming tariff threats erased early-week gains across the grain markets this week. Early Friday, Reuters falsely reported that tariffs on imports from Canada ...
AgWeb
Are the Bull Markets in Corn, Soybeans and Soybean Oil Ending or Just Beginning?
Jerry Gulke, president of the Gulke Group, says corn and soybeans posted lower weekly closes, which was the first time in several weeks for corn. So is the bull market in corn over?
Brownfield Ag News
Crop farmer expects another year in the red
A Wisconsin crop farmer is expecting another year without profit. Ken Rosenow raises corn and soybeans near Oconomowoc and works with the U.S. Grains Council.  He tells Brownfield the numbers don’t ...