Insights and Stories on Crops

Rain needed for soybeans, other southern Manitoba crops

Jun. 5, 2023 at 4:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – When Toban Dyck started to plant his 600-plus acres of soybeans this year, the soil in the Winkler, Man. area had pretty decent moisture content. But following the combination of hot temperatures and strong winds with little rainfall in May, precipitation is now much needed. “There’s still a […]

U.S. escalates dispute with Mexico over GM corn

Jun. 2, 2023 at 8:06 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on weather worries, macroeconomic optimism

Jun. 2, 2023 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Corn, soy growers get new Deere stack-fold planter

Jun. 2, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Staff

It’s a wrap

Jun. 2, 2023 at 3:12 pm CDT

Soil health main focus of cover-croppers

Jun. 2, 2023 at 2:22 pm CDT

Early adopters of various farm practices often provide valuable information. It was farmers like these that, through trial and error, perfected the zero-till system and direct seeding, for example. But they’re all working in isolation, and maybe swapping a few ideas over the internet or at the occasional conference. The […]

By Gord Leathers

Ukraine says Russia again blocking Black Sea grain export deal

Jun. 1, 2023 at 7:24 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s ministry of renovation and infrastructure said on Thursday the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain export deal had been halted again because Russia had blocked registration of ships to all Ukrainian ports. A U.N. spokesman said Russia had informed officials overseeing the initiative that Moscow would limit […]

By Pavel Polityuk

Insects posing problems in Saskatchewan crops

Jun. 1, 2023 at 4:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Although it’s still early in the growing season, some insect pests have already posed a threat to crops in Saskatchewan or could do so in the near future, according to James Tansey, provincial specialist for insects/invertebrate pest management. Among the pests he cited were grasshoppers, flea beetles and […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Weather market will determine grain prices

Jun. 1, 2023 at 4:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – To Glen Loyns of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask., feed grains on the Canadian Prairies are in a weather market, with prices for barley, wheat and corn quite able to go either way. “If it rains it’s going to be weak. If it’s dry it’s going to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Weather worries lift soybeans, new-crop corn

Jun. 1, 2023 at 4:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday on worries about dryness building in the Midwest crop belt, while a setback in the dollar and speculative buying at the start of a new month lent additional support, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat climbed 2.8 per […]

By Julie Ingwersen