Insights and Stories on Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather outweighs U.S. Fed rate hike announcement

Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Week-long rallies for grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were disrupted by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest key interest rate announcement on Wednesday. The Fed revealed it is raising its key interest rate by 25 basis points in its ongoing fight against inflation. While the […]

U.S. grains: Soy sags as Brazil’s harvest looms

Feb. 1, 2023 at 5:24 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Hay handling made easy

Feb. 1, 2023 at 9:13 am CST

Bayer under investor pressure to speed up CEO changeover

Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:28 pm CST

By Ludwig Burger Patricia Weiss

Pulse weekly outlook: India looking for lentils, large Australian crop in play

Jan. 31, 2023 at 7:04 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures firm; technical resistance weighs

Jan. 31, 2023 at 6:13 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures gained on Tuesday as traders eye winter wheat conditions across the U.S. Plains amid a second frigid cold snap this season, though futures struggled against technical resistance. Soybeans futures ended up, though prices were pressured by a correction in the soymeal charts, traders […]

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

Spec short position grows in canola

Jan. 30, 2023 at 7:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Speculators were busy adding to their growing net short position in canola during the week ended Jan. 24, according to the latest Commitments of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm as Argentina drought worries persist

Jan. 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans climbed on Monday, underpinned by concern that drought-damaged crops in Argentina could face more dry weather. Wheat inched higher after climbing to four-week highs earlier in the session on fears a cold snap in U.S. grain belts could lead to crop damage, while potential […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as U.S. futures rise

Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber Durum wheat prices declined while bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red rose during the week ended Jan. 26. Wheat futures in the U.S. fell Monday, with the March contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropping 21 to 29 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

USDA sees little change in Australian, Canadian wheat output

Jan. 27, 2023 at 7:54 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There isn’t much in the way of significant changes in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) attaché reports on grain production in Australia and Canada. USDA’s Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) office in Canberra pegged Australia’s wheat production for 2022-23 at 37 million tonnes, 400,000 more than the […]

By MarketsFarm