Insights and Stories on Crops

Deal to resume Ukraine Black Sea grain exports to be signed Friday

Jul. 21, 2022 at 5:29 pm CDT

Istanbul/United Nations | Reuters — Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will sign a deal on Friday to resume Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Thursday. Russia and Ukraine are both major global wheat suppliers, but Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion of its neighbour […]

ICE weekly outlook: Benign weather weighs on canola

Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop supply outlook ‘significantly better’ as prices drop

Jul. 21, 2022 at 2:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Keep an eye on the weather

Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:59 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures ease on improving weather

Jul. 21, 2022 at 10:08 am CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Good ratings seen for Manitoba’s spring wheat, canola

Jul. 20, 2022 at 4:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Crops in Manitoba remain in good shape, according to the latest weekly report from the province’s agriculture ministry. In particular, Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development (MARD) found spring wheat across the province rated 85 per cent good to excellent — but with crops not doing as well in […]

By MarketsFarm

Nutrien buys expanded ag retail presence in Brazil

Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:44 am CDT

Reuters — Top fertilizer maker Nutrien on Wednesday agreed to acquire Casa do Adubo S.A., as part of its ambitions to expand its Brazilian retail business. The deal marks Nutrien’s sixth acquisition in Brazil since 2019, when it set a strategic goal to build its market share in a country […]

By Reuters

Sizzling heat stresses livestock, crops in southern U.S. Plains

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Scorching temperatures in the southern U.S. Plains are stressing cattle as well as crops such as cotton, corn and soybeans, meteorologists and traders said on Tuesday. Temperatures were forecast to reach 111 F (44 C) in parts of the Texas Panhandle, a core area for cotton […]

By Ashitha Shivaprasad Julie Ingwersen

More than 200 people die as drought ravages northeast Uganda

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:11 pm CDT

Kampala | Reuters — More than 200 people have died from hunger this month in northeastern Uganda, where a prolonged drought and rampant insecurity have left more than half a million facing starvation, a local official and a charity worker said. Inhabited by nomadic pastoralists, the semi-arid and remote Karamoja […]

By Reuters

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:02 pm CDT

Khreshchate, Ukraine | Reuters — Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain. His silos are still crammed full with 1,100 tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest that he can’t export due […]

By Pavel Polityuk Tom Balmforth