Insights and Stories on Crops

Feb. 7, 2023 at 7:25 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday as investors squared positions ahead of the U.S. government’s key monthly reports on global supply and demand. Traders were focused on the size of the corn and soybean harvests in Argentina as drought stressed the […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feb. 6, 2023 at 6:10 pm CST

MarketsFarm — So far this winter grain movement in Canada has yet to incur few — if any — major problems that have stymied rail shipments, according to Mark Hemmes, president of Quorum Corp., which tracks rail movement in Canada. Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway (CP, CN) have […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feb. 6, 2023 at 5:01 pm CST

Adaptive Agriculture is in the business of monitoring what your grain is doing inside your bins. Its bin-monitoring technology even earned first place for Ag Tech in the Innovation Showcase at Manitoba Ag Days last month. Here, Dustin Maki with Adaptive Agriculture talks about the tech company’s in-bin grain drying […]

Feb. 6, 2023 at 4:44 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped on Monday on a technical setback after rallying to the high end of recent trading ranges last week, traders said. Corn ended higher after trading in negative territory for much of the day, with the market finding support near Friday’s low. Investors […]

By Mark Weinraub

Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, underpinned by gains in U.S. wheat futures. However, durum bids lost some ground. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by between 10 cents and $5.80 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin