Insights and Stories on Crops

AAFC projecting canola ending stocks to tighten

May. 24, 2023 at 9:06 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks in both the current marketing year and upcoming 2023-24 season will be tighter than earlier estimates, according to supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) on Tuesday. Factoring in Statistics Canada’s latest acreage estimates and its data for stocks as of March 31 […]

U.S. grains: Profit-taking pressures wheat futures

May. 24, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

FCC offers new credit line against ‘current economic environment’

May. 24, 2023 at 5:56 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Speculative short position declines in canola

May. 23, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Russia preventing Black Sea grain deal port from operating, Ukraine says

May. 23, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Pavel Polityuk

U.S. grains: Wheat up off two-year low, pulls corn higher

May. 23, 2023 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose 2.6 per cent on Tuesday, bouncing from their lowest in more than two years, on concerns that Ukraine’s exports were being restricted despite the extension of the Black Sea export deal, traders said. The gains in wheat lent support to corn futures, […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures rally

May. 22, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures rallied on Monday and wheat futures firmed as a round of bargain buying supported commodities prices after a bearish global supply picture pushed prices sharply lower this month. The benchmark Chicago Board of Trade wheat contract dropped below $6 a bushel […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Barley market steady for now

May. 19, 2023 at 5:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada continue to hold steady, while attention in the market turns to the new crop going into the ground. “There currently is an uptick in demand for quick movement presenting good opportunities for producers ready to sell,” Alberta grain brokerage Agfinity said in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids soften

May. 19, 2023 at 5:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended Thursday, as the bearish influence of the extended Black Sea Grain Initiative more than countered any support from poor winter wheat production prospects in the U.S. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago futures roil as U.S. debt ceiling talks halt

May. 19, 2023 at 5:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures slid sharply on technical trading on Friday, as investors rushed to liquidate their positions ahead of the weekend, traders said. The most-active soybean contract fell to the lowest prices seen since July — and several new-crop soybean contracts also […]

By P.J. Huffstutter