Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans up on major U.S. crush

Apr. 17, 2023 at 6:03 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Soybean futures gained following strong U.S. crushing data on Monday, while wheat and corn also closed higher after several eastern European countries banned grain and other food imports from Ukraine, casting further doubt on Ukrainian exports. Members of the National Oilseed Processors Association (NOPA) said […]

Bans on Ukrainian grain imports mount as Kyiv seeks transit deal

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Andriy Perun Pavel Polityuk Pawel Florkiewicz

CGC, other fed workers to strike Tuesday night if no wage deal reached

Apr. 17, 2023 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Steve Scherer

Argentina soybeans expected to go from horrible to great

Apr. 17, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Toromont to sell Manitoba Agco, Claas dealer chain

Apr. 17, 2023 at 12:25 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger loonie sends bids down

Apr. 14, 2023 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A rising Canadian dollar helped lower western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday despite an array of supportive factors. As the central and southern U.S. Plains deal with severe drought in winter wheat-growing areas, a large snowpack in the northern Plains threatens to delay spring wheat […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Drought curtails Argentina’s latest ‘soy dollar’ scheme

Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Farmers participating in Argentina’s “soy dollar” plan to boost exports have traded less than half of the soybeans they had traded at the same point during the previous plan, due to the impact of a drought, the Rosario grains exchange said on Friday. The Argentina […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn continues climb, closes higher for fourth week

Apr. 14, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures settled higher on Friday, making the fourth straight week of gains, after a week of flash sales to China and demand for ethanol processing. Soybeans closed lower, ending a gains streak since late March, as a record Brazilian harvest tempered concern about […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Vast tracts of drought-hit Argentine soy fields seen going unharvested

Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:08 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina’s Buenos Aires grains exchange on Thursday said farmers would likely leave large tracts of soy fields unharvested due to damage from a historic drought, which could lead to more cuts to its 25 million-tonne production forecast. Argentina is the world’s top exporter of soybean […]

By Reuters

Russia says Black Sea grain deal may be nearly over

Apr. 13, 2023 at 7:00 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russia on Thursday said there would be no extension of the U.N.-brokered Black Sea grain deal beyond May 18 unless the West removed a series of obstacles to the export of Russian grain and fertilizer. The Ukraine grain Black Sea export deal was brokered by the […]

By Guy Faulconbridge