Insights and Stories on Crops

Russian drones hit sunflower oil terminal, Mykolaiv mayor says

Oct. 17, 2022 at 7:23 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian kamikaze drones hit tanks with sunflower oil at one of the terminals in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv late on Sunday, the city mayor said on Monday. One of Ukraine’s largest ports, Mykolaiv halted shipments at the start of the Russian invasion, but Ukraine […]

U.S. winter wheat growers seed into dust as Plains drought persists

Oct. 17, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybean futures end firm

Oct. 17, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Prices swing higher on U.S. gains

Oct. 15, 2022 at 2:16 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta issues final crop report for year

Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:31 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

India allows exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain

Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:22 pm CDT

New Delhi | Reuters — India has allowed export-oriented units and the firms set up in special economic zones to export flour made from imported wheat, a government order said on Friday, conceding to the demands of food processors to allow shipments of value-added products. India will allow food processors […]

By Reuters

Haiti gang blockade causing catastrophic hunger, U.N. says

Oct. 14, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

Miami | Reuters — Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, U.N. officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a […]

By Brian Ellsworth

U.S. grains: Wheat drops on firm dollar, hopes for Black Sea talks

Oct. 14, 2022 at 6:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Friday, surrendering all the prior session’s gains on a stronger dollar and hopes of progress in negotiations to maintain a Ukrainian Black Sea grain export corridor. Corn and soybeans followed wheat lower, weighed down by lacklustre demand and pressured by lower […]

By Karl Plume

Railways in the spotlight as shipping season begins

Oct. 13, 2022 at 5:28 pm CDT

Another chapter in the great Canadian rail transport soap opera may be unfolding. The tempestuous couple — railroads and grain farmers — is on the cusp of another argument over harvest shipping. And there’s no alternative for producers. They’re locked into the relationship. Will CN Rail and CP Rail, which […]

By James Snell

Feed weekly outlook: Freight costs could determine grain availability

Oct. 13, 2022 at 3:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There are very good prices for feed barley and wheat in Alberta, according to Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton — but two factors could limit their availability. Leclerc said there is good demand for feed wheat in the province, “but prices are slightly up because […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm