Insights and Stories on Crops

Aug. 4, 2022 at 11:27 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Recent bouts of severe weather in Alberta, most recently high winds and hail in the central region on Aug. 2, will not affect potential yields for feed grains, according to one trader. Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities Ltd. in Lethbridge said while some crops were damaged from the […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Aug. 4, 2022 at 10:19 am CDT

Dennis Lange with Manitoba Agriculture talks about the optimal time to spray for mycosphaerella blight and the economic importance for agronomists and growers to know the difference between it and bacterial blight. (Video by Greg Berg, online editor)

Aug. 4, 2022 at 9:37 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Canola contracts on the ICE Futures platform saw some large moves over the past week, initially moving higher in sympathy with the United States soy complex before taking back most of those gains as both markets reacted to shifting weather forecasts. Showers continue to pop up across the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Aug. 3, 2022 at 4:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell on Wednesday, touching a six-month low with traders saying that newly harvested supplies were able to meet the current global demand. Soybean futures also were weaker, with the latest weather outlooks calling for better weather during key development periods […]

By Mark Weinraub

Aug. 3, 2022 at 2:49 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the calendar turned to August, two events on opposite sides of the world caused a stir on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). According to one trader though, conditions closer to home will have a greater effect. Corn and wheat prices took a hit on August 1 […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm