Insights and Stories on Crops

Pulse weekly outlook: recent rains could stabilize crops

Jul. 25, 2023 at 2:53 pm CDT

Marketsfarm – Despite the rain the Canadian Prairies received since July 17, MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville pointed out that the major pulse crop areas got very little. While any precipitation has been beneficial to this year’s crops struggling with dry conditions, Jubinville said, it won’t help that much. “In […]

Bayer slashes outlook as glyphosate demand weakens further

Jul. 25, 2023 at 8:44 am CDT

By Ludwig Burger Thomas Escritt

U.S. grains: wheat soars daily limit as Russia attacks Ukrainian grain ports

Jul. 24, 2023 at 5:23 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. Grains: wheat futures drop, corn weak, soybeans mixed

Jul. 21, 2023 at 4:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Federal and provincial ag ministers meet in Fredericton

Jul. 21, 2023 at 4:40 pm CDT

By Don Norman

Fund position flips to net long in canola

Jul. 21, 2023 at 3:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – The managed money position in canola flipped from a net short to a net long for the first time in six months during the week ended July 18, as fund traders covered short positions and put on new bullish bets, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

AAFC lowers Canadian wheat ending stocks estimates

Jul. 21, 2023 at 3:18 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Canadian wheat ending stocks for both the current marketing year and 2023/24 (Aug/Jul) were revised lower by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division in its updated supply/demand estimates, released July 21, with tighter oats and pulse stocks also expected. Wheat ending stocks for 2022/23 were lowered to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

At Ag in Motion: World may face wheat shortage this year

Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:58 pm CDT

Wheat is finally becoming a “sexy” crop after years of being the ugly duckling, an analyst says. Stephen Nicholson, global grains and oilseeds strategist for Rabobank, said a series of supply-side threats is making things exciting. Canada’s crops are withering in the fields. MarketsFarm is forecasting 30.4 million tonnes of […]

By Sean Pratt

At Ag in Motion: Combine settings app makes the world your neighbour

Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:48 pm CDT

Trevor Scherman and partner Megan Madden are making it easy for farmers to connect during harvest time to get the best settings for their combines. It’s an idea that Scherman says arose from the same philosophy as the ScherGain Solutions System he previously co-founded with his father. That system involves […]

By Braedyn Wozniak

At Ag in Motion: Farmers gung-ho about digital integration system

Jul. 20, 2023 at 8:19 pm CDT

For a committed user of the Climate FieldView digital integration system, Mike Ferguson had an unusual observation about himself. “I’m not a big technology guy,” said Ferguson, who with his wife Regan farms 3,000 acres at Melfort, Sask. But for him, using the various data-based management tools available in farming […]

By Ed White