Insights and Stories on Crops

ICE weekly outlook: Canola shouldn’t fall hard

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As Malaysian palm oil futures tumbled to 20-year lows during the week of Sept. 26, they have put a lot of pressure on canola prices, analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary said. However, he said, the Canadian dollar has been the backstop that kept the oilseed […]

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Lots of moving parts’ in grain markets

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s pea, lentil exports to rise while prices fall

Sep. 27, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, Ukraine worries

Sep. 27, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

New crop protection products, canola hybrids from BASF

Sep. 27, 2022 at 9:51 am CDT

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans sag on recession fears

Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than two per cent and corn and soybeans followed the weaker trend on Monday, as fears of a global economic downturn, a rising dollar and expectations of a bumper wheat crop in Russia weighed on commodity markets, analysts said. Forecasts for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Canadian wheat, canola stocks projections revised higher

Sep. 26, 2022 at 7:16 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat and canola ending stocks for the 2022-23 crop year are forecast to end up above earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released late Friday. The updated estimates account for recent production and old-crop carryout numbers from Statistics Canada. Total wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: External factors raise bids

Sep. 24, 2022 at 4:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite the usual harvest pressures, western Canadian wheat bids jumped during the week ended Thursday, largely due to geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday again raised its key interest rate to combat rising inflation — this time a 75 basis point increase, to 3.25 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat joins broad commodities weakness

Sep. 23, 2022 at 6:57 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell about three per cent on Friday, joining a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets tied to fears of an economic downturn that would dent demand, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures joined the weaker trend, pressured by recession fears and favorable […]

By Julie Ingwersen

A passion for cover crops

Sep. 23, 2022 at 9:05 am CDT

Dark clouds roll in as a charter bus drives down gravel roads near McCord, Sask. Marla Gavelin, one of the people hosting the field day from the Prairie South Holistic Management group, speaks to the people in attendance. She compares the Gavelins’ farm to the Sahara Desert with a fond […]

By Melissa Jeffers-Bezan