Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soy, grains climb as energy prices rise, dollar cools

Nov. 4, 2022 at 4:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Friday as soyoil futures reached their highest level since June, buoyed by strong energy prices along with optimism about demand from China, the world’s top soy buyer, traders said. Wheat and corn followed broad strength in the […]

China top destination for Canadian wheat through two months

Nov. 4, 2022 at 3:16 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feeding canola meal to cattle

Nov. 4, 2022 at 10:25 am CDT

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan

Feed weekly outlook: Tight logistics underpinning Prairie feed market

Nov. 4, 2022 at 9:28 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Taking stock of your soil’s health

Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:37 pm CDT

U.S. grains: Soybeans end lower, halting win streak; corn, wheat also slide

Nov. 3, 2022 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, pausing after a seven-session climb as lackluster U.S. export sales and macroeconomic worries weighed on prices, traders said. Corn and wheat also declined, with a sharply higher dollar hanging over the grain complex. Chicago Board of Trade January soybeans SF3 settled […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada’s exports rise in September as wheat volumes rebound

Nov. 3, 2022 at 1:45 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters – Canada’s exports rose in September, largely driven by better wheat volumes and prices, while imports were also up, with both import and export values impacted by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The country’s trade surplus with the world widened to […]

By Julie Gordon

Canadian canola oil content up in 2022: Preliminary CGC data

Nov. 3, 2022 at 9:27 am CDT

The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop edged higher in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary data from the Canadian Grain Commission released Nov. 1. Oil content for number one quality canola across Western Canada ranged from 34.9 to 49.2 per cent, with the average coming […]

By MarketsFarm

Brazil moves closer to China corn exports as Beijing approves traders

Nov. 3, 2022 at 9:15 am CDT

Beijing/Sao Paulo | Reuters – Chinese customs updated its list of approved Brazilian corn exporters on Wednesday, a move a Brazilian agriculture official said could jumpstart sales of corn to the world’s second-largest economy. The approvals could reshape global trade flows and result in fewer sales for farmers in the United States, […]

By Dominique Patton

U.S. grains: Wheat slumps as Russia says it will resume Black Sea grain deal

Nov. 2, 2022 at 6:40 pm CDT

Paris/Chicago | Reuters – Wheat futures plummeted from Chicago to Europe on Wednesday after Russia said it would resume its participation in a deal to export grain from war-torn Ukraine, a reversal of its weekend decision to pull out of the deal in a move that had sent wheat futures surging higher. Corn followed wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen