# Weekly Grain Movement – April 10, 2017

> Farm Futures reports that farmer grain selling stayed light, and Midwest dealers expect sales to pick up for spring cash needs. Wet fields have delayed planting in the Midwest, with more rain forecast for Iowa and Illinois, and shipments of corn to Southeast poultry and ethanol users have been steady.

- Date: 2017-04-10 · published 2017-04-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71397-weekly-grain-movement-april-10-2017
- Commodities: [Corn](https://feedsoft.ai/c/CORN.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Delayed planting raises the risk of lower early acreage or yield and supports corn and soybean futures. Rain-driven planting delays are a bullish factor for new-crop prices.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: bullish ▲
- CORN: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CORN | 2017-04-10 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Wet fields sideline farmers for now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71398-weekly-grain-movement-wet-fields-sideline-farmers-for-now.md) | +0.9% | +1.8% |
| CORN | 2017-04-24 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Corn planting hits high gear before rain; soy b](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8225-weekly-grain-movement-corn-planting-hits-high-gear-before-rain-soy-b.md) | +0.8% | +4.0% |
| CORN | 2022-04-21 | [Weekly update - 21 April 2022 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41816-weekly-update-21-april-2022-daff.md) | -1.5% | -3.5% |
| CORN | 2021-01-13 | [Grains Weekly Analysis](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49003-grains-weekly-analysis.md) | +2.0% | +7.5% |
| CORN | 2017-11-19 | [Daily market wire 20 November 2017 - Grain Central](https://feedsoft.ai/events/68031-daily-market-wire-20-november-2017-grain-central.md) | -0.8% | +5.0% |
| SOY | 2017-04-10 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Wet fields sideline farmers for now](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71398-weekly-grain-movement-wet-fields-sideline-farmers-for-now.md) | +1.2% | +1.5% |
| SOY | 2017-04-24 | [WEEKLY GRAIN MOVEMENT: Corn planting hits high gear before rain; soy b](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8225-weekly-grain-movement-corn-planting-hits-high-gear-before-rain-soy-b.md) | -0.6% | +0.2% |
| SOY | 2022-04-21 | [Weekly update - 21 April 2022 - DAFF](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41816-weekly-update-21-april-2022-daff.md) | -1.2% | -4.8% |

## Sources

- farmprogress.com: https://www.farmprogress.com/marketing/weekly-grain-movement-april-10-2017

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