Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Crop futures slide on disappointing export sales, improved weather

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain and soybean futures crumbled on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales and an improved weather outlook for U.S. spring plantings, analysts said. U.S. soybean export sales for 2022-23 were 155,300 tonnes for the week ended March 30, down 42 per cent […]

After growing GM corn for decades, some U.S. farmers open to Mexican restrictions

Apr. 6, 2023 at 12:28 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Prairie cash wheat: Bids drift lower

Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:49 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator

Apr. 5, 2023 at 11:10 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. planted acres in flux

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago futures lower on U.S. weather outlooks

Apr. 5, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures closed lower on Wednesday after a day of ups and downs on improved weather outlooks for planting season in the U.S. and market readjustments from technically oversold positions, traders said. The prospect of a drier, warmer spell boosting spring field work in […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Sustainable soybean program underway

Apr. 5, 2023 at 5:17 pm CDT

A new voluntary program spearheaded by Canada’s soybean value-chain group is expected to help Canadian soy growers seeking a sustainability mark for their goods. Soy Canada on March 28 announced the rollout of Sustainable Canadian Soy, a program it said will be available for the 2023 growing season. Exporters and […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Chicago grains down on better weather, profit-taking

Apr. 4, 2023 at 7:17 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago grains futures closed lower on Tuesday as traders took profits, analysts said, while improving weather forecasts eased concerns about planting in the United States. Blizzard warnings were posted on Tuesday across most of the northern Plains spring wheat belt, but forecasts called for a […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Pulse weekly outlook: World chickpea supplies expected tight over next six months

Apr. 4, 2023 at 1:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Chickpeas are expected to be in short supply around the world over the next six months, according to a release from the Global Pulse Confederation (GPC). Hot and dry weather in India cut production prospects for that country’s kabuli chickpea crop, according to the report. Production out of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saudi Arabia highly dependent on grain imports

Apr. 4, 2023 at 1:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While Saudi Arabia is a giant among the oil-producing countries of the world, the desert kingdom does produce small amounts of grain. With a population that’s about one million less than Canada’s, Saudi Arabia is extremely dependent on importing its grain from overseas. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s […]

By MarketsFarm