Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies as tensions rise between Russia, Ukraine

May. 3, 2023 at 4:01 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago wheat rebounded from a 25-month low to close higher on Wednesday, edging up on fresh tensions between Russia and Ukraine that cast doubt on the future of the Black Sea grains corridor, analysts said. Corn also gained on the tensions. Soybeans, meanwhile, followed with […]

Rapeseed production expected down in EU

May. 3, 2023 at 3:26 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

EU sets Ukraine grain import restrictions in five countries until June 5

May. 2, 2023 at 3:37 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

May. 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Pulse weekly outlook: Seeding to start in Manitoba, Saskatchewan

May. 2, 2023 at 1:35 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Fund short position in canola grows for first time in a month

May. 1, 2023 at 8:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After covering bearish bets for four straight weeks, managed money fund traders were back on the sell side of the canola market in late April, covering longs and putting on new short positions. According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CN’s mechanics, intermodal staff ratify labour deal

May. 1, 2023 at 8:04 pm CDT

Mechanics, intermodal and clerical workers at Canadian National Railway (CN) who were on the brink of striking in March have voted to ratify the agreements that kept them off the picket line. Unifor, which represents about 3,000 CN employees, said Friday its members voted to ratify four new two-year collective […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sink on rains, global supplies

May. 1, 2023 at 3:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures tumbled to fresh lows on Monday on ample world supplies, sluggish U.S. export demand and beneficial rains in key production areas of the Plains and Midwest. Corn futures slumped on forecasts for favourable Midwest planting weather and lagging U.S. export sales, while soybeans […]

By Karl Plume

Federal workers reach tentative deal

May. 1, 2023 at 4:13 am CDT

Over 120,000 striking federal government employees are expected to return to work starting Monday morning (May 1) after reaching tentative agreements overnight. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) announced after midnight Monday it had reached tentative agreements for workers in four bargaining units who negotiate with the federal Treasury […]

By Dave Bedard

Go bigger on interswitching pilot, grain groups urge Ottawa

May. 1, 2023 at 2:28 am CDT

Farm groups from across the country are asking producers to lobby federal ministers and MPs and urge them to super-size a government proposal for what’s called ‘extended interswitching.’ The measure, part of this spring’s federal budget, essentially gives grain shippers a choice in which railway they deal with (as long […]

By Glenn Cheater