Insights and Stories on Crops

Russian envoy says no breakthrough on grain deal

Apr. 26, 2023 at 5:08 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — Russia’s envoy to the United Nations in Geneva on Wednesday said “no real progress” had been achieved in resolving issues raised by Moscow over the Black Sea grain deal, which is set to expire next month. Separately, Ukraine accused Russia of blocking the passage of four […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat closes down as global supplies look strong

Apr. 26, 2023 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. rain, StatCan report biggest influences

Apr. 26, 2023 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatCan expects more wheat, canola acres in 2023

Apr. 26, 2023 at 11:26 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Merit Foods co-owner Burcon partnering on bid for assets

Apr. 25, 2023 at 8:11 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Colorado’s ag equipment right-to-repair bill signed into law

Apr. 25, 2023 at 4:13 pm CDT

Reuters — Colorado’s governor signed the nation’s first right-to-repair legislation into law on Tuesday, giving the state’s farmers and ranchers the autonomy to fix their own equipment. The bill, which requires manufacturers such as Deere and Co. to provide manuals for diagnostic software and other aids, garnered bipartisan support as […]

By Bianca Flowers Kevin Mohatt

Pulse weekly outlook: Larger pea, chickpea exports expected

Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea, chickpea and edible bean exports will likely beat earlier expectations during the current 2022-23 marketing year, according to updated supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The stocks-to-use rations for the three crops should also tighten as a result. In its report Friday, the government agency […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago grains flat or down with weather, Black Sea in focus

Apr. 25, 2023 at 3:37 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grain futures closed flat or lower on Tuesday, with wheat hitting a 21-month low, as markets were weighed down by a dip in stocks and crude oil and clear forecasts for U.S. planting weather, traders said. Corn closed slightly up as the market weighed […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Thompson returns as P.E.I. ag minister

Apr. 24, 2023 at 7:45 pm CDT

Prince Edward Island’s former agriculture minister is again its current ag minister, in a post-election cabinet shuffle by returning Premier Dennis King. Bloyce Thompson, MLA for the district of Stanhope-Marshfield since 2019 and ag minister from 2019 until last summer, was again appointed April 14 as King’s minister of agriculture, […]

By Dave Bedard

Analysts expect additional acres for canola, wheat

Apr. 24, 2023 at 6:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — If traders and analysts are correct with their estimates, there will be slightly more wheat and canola acres seeded in Canada this year compared to 2022. Statistics Canada (StatCan) will release its first survey-based acreage estimates for the 2023-24 marketing year on April 26. Other than drier and […]

By Adam Peleshaty