Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Corn hits lowest since August

Feb. 28, 2023 at 5:32 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures fell to their lowest level in more than six months on Tuesday and soybean and wheat futures also dropped on a round of end-of-month liquidation by investment funds, traders said. Soybeans notched the biggest declines, with the most-active contract falling 2.2 per cent, […]

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

Bulk ocean freight rates recover off lows

Feb. 27, 2023 at 7:12 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat hits lowest since September 2021

Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:53 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Durum rises, red spring falls back

Feb. 25, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat hit multi-week lows on export concerns

Feb. 24, 2023 at 7:21 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies

Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn futures hit six-week low on projected plantings

Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a six-week low on Thursday as the U.S. government projected farmers will plant more acres this year and prices will decline, analysts said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, at its annual Agricultural Outlook Forum, pegged 2023 corn plantings at […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat nears one-month low on Black Sea competition

Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:58 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in nearly a month on Wednesday as an Egyptian purchase tender highlighted export competition from the Black Sea region, tempering worries about war disruption to Ukrainian supplies, analysts said. Soybean futures fell on profit-taking and expectations of increasing soy […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Wide array of factors affecting grain prices

Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Recent rains in parts of South America, as well as a correction in the markets, have paused rallies in corn and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), according to one trader. Jack Scoville, vice-president of The Price Futures Group in Chicago, said that while central and […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola market runs into resistance

Feb. 22, 2023 at 5:39 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but ran into some resistance to the upside as values held rangebound overall. “Technicals, short-covering, fund buying and a lack of selling,” were all providing support during the week along with spillover from advances in Chicago soyoil, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin