Insights and Stories on Crops

Prairie cash wheat: Weaker loonie underpins bids

Sep. 30, 2022 at 7:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada strengthened during the week ended Thursday, as sharp declines in the Canadian dollar boosted basis levels and more than made up for the bearish influence of softening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were […]

Alberta harvest in home stretch as province dries up

Sep. 30, 2022 at 7:27 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on new data, Russia’s annexation move

Sep. 30, 2022 at 6:48 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Manitoba to cut Crown forage lease rates

Sep. 29, 2022 at 7:53 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

U.S. trade commission sues pesticide makers, alleging price scheme

Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:52 pm CDT

By Leah Douglas

U.S. grains: Soybeans firm on exports, mixed harvest results

Sep. 29, 2022 at 5:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures inched higher on Thursday, supported by strong export sales after lower trade much of the week as harvest progresses across the U.S. Midwest, though some farmers report lower-than-anticipated yields, analysts said. Corn and wheat eased ahead of Friday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry

Sep. 29, 2022 at 4:23 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Hurricane Ian is likely to have worsened what was already expected to be the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years after it blasted through a large fruit producing area when it passed through Florida this week, flooding farms and causing oranges to drop from […]

By Marcelo Teixeira

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie barley market still strong

Sep. 29, 2022 at 3:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The feed barley market remains strong despite the influx of freshly harvested supplies, with little competition from other feed sources. “The markets have been coming up steadily, with what feels like no harvest pressure,” said Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “People were hoping the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan harvest advances under varied rainfall

Sep. 29, 2022 at 2:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan’s harvest progressed during the week of Sept. 20-26 despite variable weather conditions across the province, according to Saskatchewan’s weekly crop report released on Sept. 29. As of Sept. 26, 81 per cent of the province’s harvest was complete, up eight percentage points from the previous week and […]

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat up on war worries

Sep. 28, 2022 at 6:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, supported by fears of escalating conflict between major grain exporters Russia and Ukraine, as well as dry conditions in the U.S. Plains crop belt, analysts said. Corn followed wheat futures higher and soybeans closed up […]

By Julie Ingwersen