Insights and Stories on Crops

B.C. cherries cleared for export to Korea

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:31 pm CDT

Canada’s seven-year-old free trade pact with South Korea already provides for reduced tariffs on cherries from British Columbia — a commodity that’s just been approved for export to Korea for the first time starting this month. Canadian agriculture and food safety officials announced Aug. 10 that talks with Seoul on […]

China’s farmers struggle to save crops as heatwave, drought drag on

Aug. 19, 2022 at 6:05 pm CDT

By Thomas Peter Thomas Suen

Prairie cash wheat: Bids fall sharply lower

Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:28 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat up off six-month low on technical buying

Aug. 19, 2022 at 5:14 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie markets hold firm ahead of harvest

Aug. 18, 2022 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat down on weak U.S. demand, Ukraine grain shipments

Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures slid for a fifth session on Thursday, pressured by soft export sales, a stronger dollar and continued exports from Ukraine, analysts said. Soybeans firmed after better-than-expected export sales last week indicated strong demand as U.S. harvest nears, while corn traded near even. Economic […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.N. chief seeks ‘spirit of compromise’ over Ukraine grain initiative

Aug. 18, 2022 at 4:40 pm CDT

Lviv | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Russia and Ukraine on Thursday to show a “spirit of compromise” to ensure the continued success of a U.N. brokered deal that enabled Ukraine to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports. Guterres said after talks in the western Ukrainian […]

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola could take a nosedive

Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A huge drop in canola prices could be looming, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. Palmer pointed to Prairie farmers and said, “I think they are undersold.” He surmised too many farmers have held off from selling their canola, in hopes of getting a […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Crop prices soften after USDA report release

Aug. 17, 2022 at 6:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An unexpectedly bearish supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last Friday is still putting pressure on crop prices nearly a week later, according to one trader. In the department’s WASDE report, the estimated average yield for corn was revised downward from the month before by […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans steady

Aug. 17, 2022 at 5:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans inched higher on Wednesday, bouncing from two days of declines, though the recovery was limited by rain improving weather forecasts in the U.S. Midwest. Wheat prices fell, pressured by increased export activity from Ukraine, while corn traded near even. The most-active soybean contract on […]

By Christopher Walljasper