Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures hit June highs

Sep. 12, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures surged to their highest price since June on Monday and closed near their highs after the U.S. government made bigger-than-expected cuts to its domestic harvest estimate. Corn futures also hit their highest price in more than two months following a […]

Production, ending stocks down for U.S. corn, soybeans

Sep. 12, 2022 at 2:28 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Aurora buys control of major B.C. hothouse veg firm

Sep. 11, 2022 at 6:18 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Funds add to bearish bets in canola

Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Putin comments raise wheat bids

Sep. 9, 2022 at 7:14 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

File photo of a docked grain vessel at a Black Sea port in Turkey.

U.S. working with U.N. on Russia food, fertilizer export complaints

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:23 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The United States is working with the United Nations to address Russian complaints that sanctions are hindering its food and fertilizer shipments, even though there has been no disruption to Moscow’s exports of the commodities, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. The United Nations, […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat rally ahead of USDA report next week

Sep. 9, 2022 at 5:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures rallied on Friday, lifted by technical buying and short covering along with spillover support from higher equities and energy markets. Wheat and corn drew additional support from a weaker dollar and concerns about continued grain shipments from Ukraine amid Russian […]

By Karl Plume

Private potato breeder hopes new variety goes commercial

Sep. 9, 2022 at 9:39 am CDT

Peter VanderZaag is cautiously optimistic that SP327 will be the variety that finally makes it to the chipping big leagues. The SP327, developed by VanderZaag at Sunrise Potato in Alliston, has already shown consistency in fry tests throughout winter storage, with glucose levels remaining stable and low, providing a desirable […]

By Diana Martin

Argentine growers who hold soybeans face higher financing costs

Sep. 8, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentine soy farmers who hold onto stock of more than five per cent of their production will face an elevated financing cost above the normal benchmark rate, the South American country’s central bank said on Thursday, part of a wider push to encourage sales. The […]

By Maximilian Heath

Feed weekly outlook: No effect seen on Alberta crops from hot, wet weather

Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvest activity in Alberta continues to progress despite wet weather during the past week, according to Mike Fleischhauer, trader for Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. “We had some rain here about a week to 10 days ago. So, it puts some people in Alberta and Saskatchewan a little bit […]

By Adam Peleshaty