Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Chicago grains higher after week of Black Sea doubts, China demand

Mar. 24, 2023 at 4:05 pm CDT

Reuters – Chicago wheat rallied on Friday amid market talk of Russia possibly halting wheat exports, while corn futures continued to climb and closed higher for the second week in a row on hearty Chinese demand. Russian business newspaper Vedomosti reported that Moscow could recommend a temporary halt in wheat and sunflower […]

Soy complex crushed by selloffs

Mar. 24, 2023 at 2:59 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Canola fund short position still rising

Mar. 23, 2023 at 10:59 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Insurers covering Ukraine grain corridor shipments for now

Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:21 pm CDT

By Jonathan Saul

Feed weekly outlook: Domestic grain prices slipping

Mar. 23, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Chicago corn, wheat reverse gains to close lower

Mar. 23, 2023 at 7:49 pm CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Chicago corn futures reversed session gains to close lower Thursday, with the most-active contract hitting its highest price since February on a boost from Chinese demand. Wheat futures also closed lower in rangebound trade after earlier gains, pressured by disappointing export data and inter-market spreading […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Sparing grassland from the plow — and from housing developments

Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:43 am CDT

A southern Alberta organization is having success with conservation agreements to keep the environment and cattle ranching intact. “The easement is very pro-grazing and ranching,” said Justin Thompson, executive director of the Southern Alberta Land Trust Society (SALTS). “There’s not a lot of restrictions around the actual operation. What we […]

By Alexis Kienlen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola continues its collapse

Mar. 22, 2023 at 6:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After losing $62 per tonne the week before, the May contract on the ICE Futures canola market extended its losses for the week ended Wednesday with little relief on the horizon. Winnipeg-based trader Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis said the massive selloff is the result of farmers […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres expected for U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With expectations of far fewer prevent-planting acres for 2023-24, Terry Reilly of Futures International has called for increases in planted area for corn, soybeans and wheat in the U.S. this spring. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is scheduled to release its planting projections on March 31. Reilly […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Little change in barley acres expected

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As spring planting approaches, Peter Watt of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) said there likely won’t be a big shift in barley acres that will be planted in 2023. “Producers have made their [planting] decisions for the most part. You might see people adjust their plans […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm