Insights and Stories on Crops

Aug. 13, 2009 at 9:49 am CDT

August 12 2009  Financial markets seemed to reawaken Wednesday and found some life that saw some positive gains for the day.   The US dollar fell a quarter cent. The Canadian dollar gained back just over a full cent to close at .9182 US.     The Dow Jones Sept quote […]

Aug. 12, 2009 at 10:00 am CDT

Farmers aren’t the only ones hoping for an extended bout of mild weather this fall.  The Port of Churchill was expecting its first ship of the season this week. While it is not unusual for the northern port to load its first grain after the Aug. 1 start of the […]

Aug. 12, 2009 at 9:59 am CDT

U.S. farmers successfully battled soggy July weather and remain on target for producing the largest soybean crop in history, according to the Crop Production report, released today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soybean production is forecast at a record-high, 3.2 billion bushels, up 8 percent from last year. Yield […]

Aug. 11, 2009 at 3:45 pm CDT

There could be frost in the forecast by August 20. Some U.S. meteorologists are saying the risk of an early frost on the Prairies could come to pass as early as next week, according to the Reuters news service. The Canadian Wheat Board’s director of weather and market analysis agrees […]

Aug. 11, 2009 at 3:30 pm CDT

Financial markets were in a negative mood today and stayed that way for the entire day ending with losses across the board  Grains were mixed as pre report yield estimates started to float around the trade today and that sparked some interest particularly in beans with the expectation of tight […]