Insights and Stories on Crops

Sep. 16, 2022 at 7:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures stumbled on Friday as rising crop sales in Argentina and warnings of a recession raised concerns about global demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. Corn futures ended little changed, while wheat futures advanced. Traders focused on demand for crops, after […]

By Tom Polansek

Sep. 15, 2022 at 9:45 pm CDT

Reuters — Seeds and pesticides company Corteva on Tuesday announced plans to exit about 35 countries and lay off roughly five per cent of its global workforce as part of the company’s cost-cutting plans. A surge in inflation this year to four-decade highs has forced Corporate America to slash planned […]

By Ankit Kumar, Ruhi Soni

Sep. 15, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some strength in recent weeks, despite the advancing harvest. “We’ve been seeing a rally through harvest, which is an odd thing,” grain merchant Jay Janzen of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said. He tied the unseasonable strength to solid demand […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:51 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, with profit-taking dragging wheat down from two-month highs, traders said. Broad-based selling added pressure on prices as traders reduced their risk amid growing warnings of a global economic slowdown, analysts said. “Inflation and recession concerns hit all […]

By Tom Polansek

Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:40 pm CDT

If you can tackle only one thing on your farm to enhance crop yields, let it be ways to improve soil organic matter. That may be somewhat of an oversimplification considering all of the factors that affect yield, but protecting and, where needed, improving soil organic matter levels may deliver […]

By Lee Hart