Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soymeal futures set multi-year high while soybeans decline

Feb. 3, 2023 at 7:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures declined on Friday on spillover weakness from crude oil prices and expectations of a massive Brazilian soy harvest, but most-active soymeal futures set an 8-1/2-year high on tight supplies of the feed ingredient, analysts said. Wheat futures fell on profit-taking after rising to […]

CNH sees headwinds easing in 2023 after strong fourth-quarter results

Feb. 3, 2023 at 6:24 am CST

By Federica Urso Federico Maccioni

Price drop not enough to lift demand for Canadian flax

Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie markets hold steady

Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:04 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybean futures climb as soymeal soars

Feb. 2, 2023 at 7:28 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Acclaimed Manitoba stored grain researcher now Alberta bound

Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:53 pm CST

A leading Canadian researcher and expert in safe storage of grain is headed westbound and up to the head office at another Prairie university. Dr. Digvir Jayas, currently on sabbatical as professor and vice-president (research and international) at the University of Manitoba, will become president and vice-chancellor at the University […]

By Dave Bedard

Feds back BHP potash mine for sustainable tech

Feb. 2, 2023 at 4:32 am CST

Major miner BHP’s potash mine-in-progress in Saskatchewan has picked up $100 million in federal funding to go toward investments in low-emissions equipment. Federal Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on Monday announced BHP’s Saskatoon-based Canadian arm will get backing from Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) for the […]

By Dave Bedard

China top destination for Canadian grains, oilseeds

Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:21 pm CST

MarketsFarm — China is the top destination for Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first five months of the 2022-23 marketing year, accounting for roughly a third of the total movement, according to the latest monthly report from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada has exported 6.566 million tonnes of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Argentina soybean crop smaller than expected, USDA attaché says

Feb. 1, 2023 at 8:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Argentina’s 2022-23 soybean crop is likely much smaller than official projections as high temperatures and a lack of moisture cut into yields, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Buenos Aires attaché. The USDA post from the South American country pegged the soybean crop at […]

By MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Choppy trading for canola, other oilseeds

Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Expect canola and other oilseed markets to remain choppy for the time being, according to trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. “All of the markets are very choppy and erratic. They’re very nervous markets,” Ball emphasized, noting war in Ukraine and drought in Argentina are having […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm