Insights and Stories on Crops

Ukraine faces lack of herbicides, pesticides for spring seeding

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers, which have already started the 2023 spring sowing, have only around 35 per cent of the herbicides and pesticides they need, analyst APK-Inform quoted on Monday official data as showed. The Russian invasion has left Ukraine seriously short of finances, seeds and crop protection […]

Russia suggests renewing Black Sea grain deal for shorter term

Mar. 13, 2023 at 2:18 pm CDT

By Gabrielle Tetrault-Farber

Farmland values exceed expectations

Mar. 13, 2023 at 11:39 am CDT

By Don Norman

Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures drag down wheat bids

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:15 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Confirmation of large canola short position slowly appears

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn get boost off weaker dollar after multi-month lows

Mar. 10, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures closed higher on Friday, boosted by a weaker U.S. dollar, after hitting a 20-month low, while corn futures rose from a seven-month low. The markets recovered after a week that saw expectations for an extended Black Sea export deal and a lower U.S. […]

By Cassandra Garrison

Pulling back the curtain on the ag lobby

Mar. 10, 2023 at 9:58 am CST

Canadian agriculture collectively forms a large and busy lobby. Last year, two canola groups cracked the top 10 busiest lobby groups in all Canadian sectors, according to “The Lobby Monitor” website. On top was the Canadian Canola Growers Association. Though the ag lobby outworks other industries or interests, farmers may […]

By Geralyn Wichers

Reading between the lines: Oversold canola due for correction

Mar. 9, 2023 at 8:03 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canola futures posted sharp losses over the past week, with the May contract touching its weakest level in six months. While damage was done from a chart standpoint, there are technical signs that a recovery is possible. RSI The relative strength index (RSI) is a technical indicator that […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Corn the choice crop in feedlots

Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Copious amounts of corn are still being delivered to feedlots in southern Alberta despite slowly declining prices for other feed grains. “Corn is coming down over the last little bit,” Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said. “You think that there would be a little bit […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago corn dampened by prediction of El Nino rain

Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:14 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures hit their lowest price since August on Thursday on expectations that the El Nino climate phenomenon could boost U.S. crops and concerns about rising interest rates. La Nina has ended, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday, and El Niño […]

By Cassandra Garrison