Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat hits five-month low

Jul. 15, 2022 at 3:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures tumbled to a five-month low on Friday, with hopes for a pick-up in exports from war-torn Ukraine threatening the recent gains made in demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures firmed again, their seventh gain in the last eight […]

Feed weekly outlook: Grains under pressure awaiting new crop

Jul. 14, 2022 at 5:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

As Ukraine grain deal emerges, U.S. aims to ease concerns over Russia sanctions

Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Daphne Psaledakis Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat futures extend losing streak

Jul. 14, 2022 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

PGRs, cereal crop staging and seeding rates

Jul. 14, 2022 at 12:00 am CDT

ICE weekly outlook: Don’t bank on canola prices jumping higher

Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As canola remained steadfast in its following of Chicago soyoil, analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain stressed that the days of higher prices have very likely passed. “Farmers are tremendously undersold. This latest sell off took them totally by surprise,” he said. After August soyoil made some gains […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Larger U.S. barley crop expected in 2022

Jul. 13, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Barley production in the U.S. is forecast to be up substantially in 2022, with early indications pointing to the largest crop in seven years. In its latest production estimates, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the country’s 2022 barley crop at 3.8 million tonnes, which would be up […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures rise

Jul. 13, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures gained 1.5 per cent on Wednesday, supported by concerns that hot and dry weather in the U.S. Midwest could cut into harvest yields, traders said. Soybean futures also were firm, recovering from sharp declines after the U.S. Agriculture Department’s monthly world agricultural supply […]

By Mark Weinraub

Ukraine grain exports deal to be signed next week, Turkey says

Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:33 pm CDT

Istanbul/United Nations | Reuters –– Russia, Ukraine, Turkey and the United Nations are due to sign a deal next week aimed at resuming Ukraine’s Black Sea grain exports, but U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned there was still “a long way to go” before there would be peace talks to end […]

By Michelle Nichols Yesim Dikmen

CBOT weekly outlook: Volatility ahead as U.S. inflation rises

Jul. 13, 2022 at 2:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Shifting weather forecasts may have led to choppy activity in U.S. grain and oilseed markets during the week ended Wednesday, but rising inflation may create even more turbulence going forward, according to an analyst. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the annual rate of […]

By Adam Peleshaty