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Canada could have largest wheat acreage since 2001

Brian Hoops
May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023

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Corn closed the week 23 3/4 cents higher. Private exporters announced China had canceled a previous purchase of 22.1 million bushels.

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Brian Hoops is president and senior market analyst of Midwest Market Solutions Inc. The home office is in Springfield, Mo., with branch offices in Thief River Falls, Minn.; Verona, N.D.; Yankton, S.D.; Storm Lake, Iowa; and Springfield, Neb.