Insights and Stories on Crops

Mosaic says stockpiles too high to restart Saskatchewan mine

Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:39 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Fertilizer producer Mosaic Co. does not currently see the right market conditions to restart its idled Saskatchewan potash mine, with high inventories in the U.S. and Brazil and cold weather slowing trains from Canada, CEO Joc O’Rourke said Wednesday. Mosaic curtailed potash production in December at […]

Suspect in California farm worker shootings appears in court

Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:29 pm CST

By Jorge Garcia

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rise on Ukraine war concerns

Jan. 25, 2023 at 5:14 pm CST

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn climb after weather pressure

Jan. 24, 2023 at 3:48 pm CST

By Christopher Walljasper

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices up ahead of India harvest

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:37 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Germany considering withdrawal from crop-based biofuels by 2030

Jan. 24, 2023 at 2:26 pm CST

Hamburg | Reuters — Germany’s government is considering proposals to phase out the use of biofuels produced from food or animal feed crops by 2030, the German biofuels industry association (VDB) said on Tuesday, adding the measure could increase carbon emissions. German environment minister Steffi Lemke said Jan. 17 she […]

By Reuters

Prairie cash wheat: Prices step back

Jan. 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices declined on the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Thursday, as a stronger Canadian dollar and losses in the U.S. wheat complex weighed on values. Pressure came from expanded all-wheat acres to be planted in the United States, 48.84 million expected in 2023 versus the 45.7 […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain expected to aid Argentine crop

Jan. 23, 2023 at 3:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures dropped on Monday for a fourth consecutive session as rainfall in Argentina’s parched growing areas diminished concerns over crop damage. Wheat fell to nearly 16-month lows as snow and rain across parts of the U.S. Great Plains brought needed moisture to winter wheat […]

By Christopher Walljasper

AAFC issues first look at 2023-24

Jan. 20, 2023 at 8:12 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) has released its first crop projections for 2023-24, forecasting a very notable drop in oats. In AAFC’s January supply and demand estimates, released Friday, it cut oat production to 3.611 million tonnes, down almost 31 per cent compared to 2022-23. The department chopped […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans sag on improving Argentine crop weather

Jan. 20, 2023 at 6:38 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures hit a one-week low on Friday, declining for a third straight session as traders fixated on forecasts for welcome rains in drought-hit Argentina, analysts said. Corn ended mostly lower on the Argentine weather outlook, but better-than-expected weekly U.S. grain export sales limited losses […]

By Julie Ingwersen