Insights and Stories on Crops

Viterra to exit Russian grain trade

Mar. 30, 2023 at 3:51 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Global grain trader Viterra’s management team in Russia plans to create an independent Russian grain exporter once the company ceases export activities in the country, the head of its Russian office, Nikolai Demyanov, told Reuters on Thursday. Viterra — whose owners include mining and trading giant […]

Railways push back on feds’ proposed interswitching revival

Mar. 29, 2023 at 9:08 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

ICE weekly outlook: Not a matter of when, but where canola peaks

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders await stocks, plantings reports

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat up on Cargill’s Russia decision

Mar. 29, 2023 at 5:32 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Cargill plans to halt grain export activities in Russia

Mar. 29, 2023 at 12:24 pm CDT

Moscow/Chicago | Reuters — Cargill said Wednesday it would take a further step back from the Russian market by stopping handling Russian grain from its export terminal from July, although its shipping unit will continue to carry grain from Russian ports. Most international grain traders have stopped new investment in […]

By Karl Plume Olga Popova

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat gain on planting doubts

Mar. 28, 2023 at 7:55 pm CDT

Reuters — U.S. wheat and soybean futures closed higher on Tuesday and corn closed nearly flat as traders had doubts about planting delays and adverse weather with an eye toward a key U.S. crop seedings report at the end of the week. Traders squared positions as they looked ahead to […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Pulse weekly outlook: For growers, spring still far away

Mar. 28, 2023 at 12:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Springtime still seems distant for southern Manitoba as snow remains and freezing temperatures persist. However, provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange said current conditions are setting up well for seeding after temperatures rise and snow melts. “We’re still a little ways off. There are still snow drifts in the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

France’s InVivo makes bid for United Malt

Mar. 27, 2023 at 6:23 pm CDT

Reuters — United Malt Group has received an indicative, non-binding offer from Malteries Soufflet, a branch of French agribusiness InVivo, the Australian commercial maltster said on Tuesday, valuing it at A$1.5 billion (C$1.36 billion). The A$5 per share offer represents a 45.3 per cent premium to United Malt’s last close […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up on U.S. planting uncertainty

Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed losses to close higher on Monday on concerns about U.S. planting delays, and wheat and soy also made gains. Corn made its comeback later in the session as traders speculated on weather conditions and planting schedules for springtime crops as cold […]

By Cassandra Garrison