Insights and Stories on Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres, smaller yields anticipated in U.S.

Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Monday, Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy said corn and soybean acres are likely to increase, while yields are to decrease. Georgy projected USDA will up its call on U.S. planted corn […]

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on new concerns about Ukraine exports

Sep. 7, 2022 at 5:57 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Pulse weekly outlook: Australia’s winter pulse production mixed

Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairies’ high-pressure ridge should give way by mid-month

Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall 1.5 per cent

Sep. 6, 2022 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed headed into long weekend

Sep. 2, 2022 at 9:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite projections that Canada will have a large wheat harvest this year, Western Canadian wheat bids were mixed for the week ended Thursday, largely due to a weakening Canadian dollar. Statistics Canada (StatCan) on Monday released its satellite imagery-based July principal field crop production estimates, which projected a […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soybeans bounce ahead of long weekend

Sep. 2, 2022 at 7:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Friday on a short-covering bounce ahead of a three-day U.S. holiday weekend, led by strength in crude oil and other commodities as fears waned about aggressive interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. A rally in world stocks […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Vacant office space may be next frontier in Alberta farming

Sep. 2, 2022 at 4:14 am CDT

A prominent Calgary landmark will soon be the site of a large indoor aeroponics farming operation. About 65,000 square feet of former second-floor office space at the Calgary Tower Centre is being converted into a vertical farming operation that will grow strawberries, cucumbers, tomatoes, leafy greens and melons. “The produce […]

By James Snell

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on economic concerns

Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than four per cent and corn and soybeans slipped on Thursday on mounting concerns about a global economic slowdown, analysts said, just as the Midwest crop harvest nears. Wall Street stocks came under pressure as data showing that U.S. manufacturing grew […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices start moving upward

Sep. 1, 2022 at 3:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hot temperatures and a lack of precipitation in recent days are helping Alberta growers make significant progress, according to Lethbridge-based Market Place Commodities’ president Jim Beusekom. “In southern Alberta, (the harvest) is doing just fine,” he said. “We had some rain last week. Some (had) more, some less. […]

By Adam Peleshaty