Insights and Stories on Crops

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sees choppy, sideways month-end trade

Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– ICE Futures canola contracts held within a narrow range during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction with the rolling of positions out of the nearby November contract ahead of its expiry behind much of the trade volumes. “We’re stuck a little rangebound here,” a Winnipeg-based trader […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Ukraine talks, low Mississippi River pressure prices

Oct. 19, 2022 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Nigeria’s flooding spreads to Delta, upending lives, livelihoods

Oct. 19, 2022 at 4:15 pm CDT

By Angela Ukomadu

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat weak on export concerns

Oct. 19, 2022 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie-wide canola variety trial program ending

Oct. 19, 2022 at 5:17 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Arbitration leads to deal for CN signals staff

Oct. 19, 2022 at 2:23 am CDT

Canadian National Railway (CN) has labour peace with its signals and communications workers through to the end of 2024 coming out of binding arbitration. The 750-odd workers, represented by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) System Council 11, had agreed to take their dispute with CN to arbitration in early […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall on demand concerns

Oct. 18, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday on concerns that overseas buyers will turn to alternative supplies to meet their import needs, traders said. “Consistently high prices are slowly doing their job of eroding demand across the board, with Brazil in particular among a […]

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s dry beans, peas show strong yields

Oct. 18, 2022 at 12:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the return of typical temperatures and healthy amounts of precipitation throughout the growing season, Manitoba had successful pea and dry bean crops during the 2022-23 marketing year, according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture said both crops showed high yields from their respective […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feds back Montreal port grain terminal for upgrades

Oct. 17, 2022 at 10:18 pm CDT

CanEst Transit’s grain container terminal at the Port of Montreal is putting $8 million in federal funding toward new equipment and improvements to current infrastructure. Transport Canada, in a release Wednesday, said the goal of the terminal project is to “increase the number of containers stored onsite, improve the quality […]

By Hannah Polk

Richardson makes first entry in branded crop inputs

Oct. 17, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

Prairie grain handler and agribusiness Richardson Pioneer has launched itself into self-branded crop inputs with a nitrogen stabilizer, CirrusX. Steve Biggar, associate vice-president of fertilizer and energy products for Winnipeg-based Richardson, said it was the right time for the company to launch CirrusX because of new treaters the company has […]

By Hannah Polk