Insights and Stories on Crops

Ukraine Black Sea grain deal extended for at least 60 days

Mar. 19, 2023 at 4:21 am CDT

Ankara/United Nations | Reuters — A deal allowing the safe Black Sea export of Ukrainian grain was renewed on Saturday for at least 60 days — half the intended period — after Russia warned any further extension beyond mid-May would depend on the removal of some Western sanctions. The pact […]

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring wheats gain ground, durum dips

Mar. 17, 2023 at 8:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago grains end week higher on export demand, Black Sea jitters

Mar. 17, 2023 at 8:02 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Feed weekly outlook: Grains wait for demand to pick up

Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago corn closes higher on consecutive China flash sales

Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:00 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

UN backs Turkey, Ukraine in call for 120-day grain deal rollover

Mar. 16, 2023 at 1:42 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — The United Nations backed Turkey and Ukraine on Thursday by calling for a 120-day rollover of an agreement allowing the safe export of grain from several Ukrainian Black Sea ports after Russia said it would only extend the pact for 60 days. The pact is […]

By Michelle Nichols

China to buy more homegrown soybeans for reserves

Mar. 16, 2023 at 1:30 pm CDT

Beijing | Reuters — China will step up buying of domestic soybeans by state reserves to encourage farmers to keep planting the crop, the agriculture ministry said on Thursday, as Beijing continues to push for greater self-sufficiency in oilseed. China started to increase soybean planting a year ago amid worries […]

By Reuters

Potato wart survey gives clean bill of health

Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:39 pm CDT

A national survey on the watch for potato wart has come back clean. On March 13, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said results from their 2022 potato wart survey had not found any cases of the soil-borne fungus. The agency had tested nearly 1,500 soil samples from fields in […]

By Staff

U.S. regulator approves CP’s purchase of Kansas City Southern

Mar. 15, 2023 at 9:03 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The Surface Transportation Board of the United States said on Wednesday it had approved Canadian Pacific Railway’s US$31 billion acquisition of railroad company Kansas City Southern, with a series of environmental and competition conditions. The board, which oversees U.S. freight railroads, is imposing some requirements on […]

By David Shepardson

ICE weekly outlook: No floor in sight for overdone canola

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was in freefall mode through the first half of March, hitting its weakest levels in over a year. While the losses may be looking overdone, the bottom remains to be seen. “This has been a brutal drop in canola,” said Bruce Burnett, director […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin