Insights and Stories on Crops

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip during quiet January

Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:14 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With January being a quiet time there’s isn’t a whole lot of direction for feed grains, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. Prices for feed barley and wheat have been slowing slipping, he said — especially with feedlots not having to buy and farmers […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slide on forecasts for much-needed Argentine rains

Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:05 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Storms to bring rain to parched Argentine fields next week, grains exchange says

Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn retreat off multi-month highs

Jan. 18, 2023 at 6:08 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s steady week takes late turn

Jan. 18, 2023 at 4:00 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn markets’ eyes on South America

Jan. 18, 2023 at 3:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were boosted by last Thursday’s bullish supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, but attention has since shifted back to South American growing conditions. “The primary thing right now is South American weather,” said market analyst Tom […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up off early declines on export data

Jan. 17, 2023 at 5:59 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures rallied to multi-month highs on Tuesday as signs of export demand and follow-through support from last week’s bullish U.S. government supply/demand reports overshadowed early pressure from wetter South American weather forecasts, traders said. Wheat followed the higher […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: New Year’s pressure drags on North Dakota peas

Jan. 17, 2023 at 2:58 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Pea prices in North Dakota have been feeling pressure from the New Year, according to Landon Lechler of Beach Co-operative at Beach, N.D., about 360 km south of Weyburn, Sask. Besides the turning of the calendar New Year, Lechler said the upcoming Chinese New Year has slowed export […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Fund traders flip back to short side on canola

Jan. 16, 2023 at 4:32 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After briefly holding a net long position to start the New Year, speculators were back holding a net short position in canola in the second week of January as they liquidated long positions and put on some new bearish bets. The latest Commitments of Traders (CoT) report compiled […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip as loonie soars

Jan. 15, 2023 at 7:53 am CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday as a sharp gain in the Canadian dollar relative to its U.S. counterpart cut into basis levels. The currency was up by roughly a penny on the week, settling Thursday at its highest level in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin