Insights and Stories on Crops

ICE weekly outlook: Hard to know where canola will go

May. 31, 2023 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts fell hard to end the month of May, dropping to levels not seen in more than two years. While the oversold market may be due for a correction, there could also still be more room to the downside. “It’s hard to have a real […]

Bunge, Viterra merger would create global ag trading giant

May. 31, 2023 at 7:57 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat bounces off 2-1/2 year low

May. 31, 2023 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Quick seeding bringing down prices

May. 31, 2023 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba crops get good start but need rain

May. 30, 2023 at 8:23 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on uncertain demand, weather

May. 30, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures tumbled on Tuesday, pressured by macroeconomic worries, strong competition for global grain export business and some forecasts for beneficial Midwest rains next month that could bolster production prospects, analysts said. “The wetter outlook removed the one factor providing stability for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada’s combine sales up in April

May. 29, 2023 at 8:28 pm CDT

Retail sales of combines in both Canada and the U.S. showed a marked increase in April this year while the market for sub-compact tractors continues to soften, new data shows. The count for April 2023 from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) puts self-propelled combine sales in Canada at 166, […]

By Dave Bedard

April grain deliveries see increases all around

May. 29, 2023 at 5:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Producer deliveries of major grains last month were up nearly 40 per cent when compared to April 2022, according to Statistics Canada (StatCan). In April 2023 more than 3.44 million tonnes of grain were delivered, versus 2.46 million a year ago. The uptick in deliveries continued to demonstrate […]

By MarketsFarm

Prairie Forecast Update: A few small tweaks

May. 29, 2023 at 12:29 pm CDT

The weather regime across southern and central Canada is currently being dominated by a large sprawling surface high over eastern regions with a slowly digging trough of low pressure over the West Coast. The flows around these two features have been producing warm summer-like conditions across the eastern Prairies with […]

By Daniel Bezte

Black Sea grain deal slow to get moving after extension

May. 26, 2023 at 10:05 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — A deal allowing the safe wartime export of grain and fertilizer from Ukrainian Black Sea ports has not yet resumed full operations, the United Nations said on Friday, having come to a halt before Russia’s decision last week to extend it. The pact called the […]

By Michelle Nichols