Insights and Stories on Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Crazy times’ on the markets

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Macroeconomic factors caused plenty of distress on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday. Already dealing with whether the U.S. Federal Reserve will continue to raise key interest rates, the collapse of California-based Silicon Valley Bank and concerns over Credit Suisse have rattled global […]

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn up on Chinese demand, Black Sea outlook

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

Manitoba Deere dealer expands westward reach

Mar. 15, 2023 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Argentina soybeans go from ‘worse to worser,’ expert says

Mar. 14, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rally from multi-month lows

Mar. 14, 2023 at 6:41 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: Demand nudges lentil prices upward

Mar. 14, 2023 at 1:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There have been some modest upticks in green and red lentil prices recently due to increased demand from India and Turkey, according to Marcos Mosnaim of Export Packers. “We went so fast up in prices that we are getting into a pause mode,” he said. “Buyers have to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

McCain to double Alberta french fry plant capacity

Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:32 pm CDT

Alberta’s plans to boost its irrigated acres are being met near the starting line with a major french fry producer’s plans to double the capacity of its plant there. McCain Foods announced Monday it will put up $600 million to build two new production lines for frozen french fries and […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat slightly rebounds; corn, soy dip

Mar. 13, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grains see-sawed on Monday, piggybacking on U.S. stocks that were spooked by global economic concerns after the tech-focused lender Silicon Valley Bank collapsed. The most-active corn and soybean contracts closed weaker, while wheat rebounded slightly after finishing last week at a 20-month low. Grains prices […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Canary seed set for more acres

Mar. 13, 2023 at 5:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While the price of canary seed in Western Canada has come down over the past couple of years, there is optimism that acres devoted to the specialty grain will increase in 2023. David Nobbs, pulse merchant for Purely Canada Foods in Saskatoon and former chair of the Canary […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Canola crush of 2022 smallest in five years

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported that 2022 had the smallest domestic canola crush for a calendar year since 2017. As well, 2022 marked the smallest canola oil production in five years and the least amount of canola meal produced in four years. The sharp reduction of canola being crushed […]

By MarketsFarm