Insights and Stories on Crops

Black Sea grain deal extended for two months

May. 17, 2023 at 11:44 am CDT

Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — The Ukraine Black Sea grain deal has been extended for two more months, one day before Russia could have quit the pact over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced the extension in a televised speech and it was confirmed […]

Best to be scouting for insect pests

May. 16, 2023 at 7:34 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Canadian exports solid

May. 16, 2023 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on improving crop prospects, export competition

May. 16, 2023 at 6:59 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Loss of Black Sea grain deal not seen as threat to global supplies, for now

May. 16, 2023 at 1:25 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

French court bans sale of two Touchdown glyphosates

May. 16, 2023 at 1:01 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — A French court has banned the sale of two glyphosate-based herbicides produced by Swiss chemical group Syngenta because of a lack of analysis on the chemical’s potential harm to some wildlife. “The decision on Sept. 30, 2020 by French health security agency ANSES to renew the […]

By Reuters

U.N. efforts to save Black Sea grain deal to continue in coming days

May. 15, 2023 at 8:15 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The U.N. aid chief said on Monday efforts will continue in coming days to extend a deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain, a pact Russia has threatened to quit effective Thursday over obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. The final […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat rises four per cent on U.S. crop outlook

May. 15, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about four per cent on Monday, supported by a lower-than-expected official forecast of U.S. supply next season and doubts over the renewal of a deal on the shipping corridor from Ukraine before a deadline this week. Corn and soybean futures also advanced, […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canola fund short position narrows slightly in early May

May. 15, 2023 at 4:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Fund traders were buying back short positions and putting on some new longs in the canola futures market during the first full week of May, causing the net short position to narrow in slightly, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.K. to increase rapeseed, product output in 2023-24

May. 15, 2023 at 4:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the rapeseed crop in the United Kingdom estimated at 66 per cent good to excellent, the U.S. Department of Agriculture attaché in London, forecast production for 2023-24 to be 1.38 million tonnes. That would make for a 1.4 per cent increase over the 2022-23 crop. While the […]

By MarketsFarm