Insights and Stories on Crops

Outraged by strike on Odesa, Ukraine still prepares to resume grain exports

Jul. 24, 2022 at 5:05 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from Odesa and other Black Sea ports after a missile attack that cast doubt over whether Russia would honour a deal aimed at easing global food shortages caused by the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed to lower

Jul. 23, 2022 at 10:48 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Speculative net short position grows in canola

Jul. 23, 2022 at 5:21 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls six per cent on Ukraine grain export deal

Jul. 22, 2022 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Ukraine, Russia sign deal to reopen grain export ports

Jul. 22, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Ece Toksabay Ezgi Erkoyun Max Hunder

Legal weed sector failing in the face of demand

Jul. 22, 2022 at 8:27 am CDT

Forget waterhemp – cannabis might be Canada’s fastest spreading weed. Since legalization in October of 2018, cannabis production in Ontario and across the country has exploded. From oils and edibles to dried flowers and other products, consumer demand for what was once a morally and legally maligned product continues to […]

By Matt McIntosh

AAFC raises wheat, canola production estimates

Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat and canola production are both expected to come in above earlier expectations in updated supply/demand projections from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Thursday. However, while wheat stocks are also expected to rise, the canola carryout was revised lower due to expected increases in exports and domestic […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan crops advancing quickly

Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Hot and humid conditions saw crops in Saskatchewan advance quickly during the week ended Monday, according to the latest provincial crop report — although the humidity has slowed haying. When humidity is high, cutting hay becomes more challenging and hay that is cut does not dry down as […]

By MarketsFarm

July report from IGC has few changes

Jul. 21, 2022 at 9:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Other than a few tweaks, there were no major changes in the latest monthly report from the London-based International Grains Council (IGC) released Thursday. In comparing the July report with that from June, the IGC tweaked its estimate for total global grain production for 2022-23. It trimmed output […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat fall on weather, Ukraine sea pact

Jul. 21, 2022 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to two-week lows and new-crop soybeans hit a six-month low on Thursday on improving crop weather in the Midwest and news of a deal to restart Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, traders said. Wheat futures declined after choppy trade. All three markets […]

By Julie Ingwersen