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Grain Markets
Where will the record
crop go?
By Dave Gordon
Harvest in both the U.S. and
Canada is well past the halfway mark
and we are just getting to the point of
wondering where all of the grain will
be stored. The U.S. corn crop is close
to the largest in history, while in
Ontario farmers are harvesting the
largest corn crop ever and even
though I have long felt that the corn
crop was huge, I am simply in awe.
My unscientific guess is of a crop
between 225 and 230 million bushels
for Ontario.
The soybean crop is probably the
largest in history ever, though USDA
inexplicably lowered yield by close
to two bushels per acre. In Ontario,
most growers are quite amazed with
yields but with the low Canadian
dollar, exports of soybeans have been
steady.
CORN
As I pointed out earlier, the
Ontario crop will be a record and we
may see yields hit the 125 bushels per
acre mark. Many reports of 200
bushel yields are coming out of Kent
county while in eastern Ontario, 150 -
plus bushels per acre is common.
Basis levels have finally reacted to
the large crop and are dropping to
levels that some analysts think are
too low. However, these analysts do
not trade and seem to be unaware of
what we face in the export market.
We are competing with midwest U.S.
corn in the northeast and southeast
U.S. and needless to say, these values
are very soft as well. At today's
values, we can export some corn but
not quickly enough to alleviate our
quick harvest. We also have to keep