Insights and Stories on Crops

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices starting to soften

Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – It appears that the days of feedlots on the Prairies primarily using corn may be coming to an end. After nearly a year of feedlots importing corn from the United States, due to tight supply and higher prices for feed barley and feed wheat in Western Canada, demand […]

Shipping container issues make Canada uncompetitive

Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:06 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Falling canola futures snowballing lower

Jun. 23, 2022 at 5:00 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after Russia strikes Ukraine port

Jun. 22, 2022 at 4:56 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

CBOT weekly outlook: Fears over soy scarcity now gone

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Kellogg to spin off into three food companies

Jun. 22, 2022 at 2:53 pm CDT

The company that makes Mini-Wheats cereal, Pringles potato crisps and MorningStar veggie burgers now plans to see those each of those three product lines go their separate ways by the end of next year. Michigan-based Kellogg Co. said Tuesday its board has approved a plan to break into three yet-to-be-named […]

By Dave Bedard

Manitoba Crop Report: Plantings advance, crops threatened by weeds, insects

Jun. 22, 2022 at 1:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Seeding continues to advance in Manitoba, but recent rains have also hindered progress and emergent crops are being threatened by weeds and insects. Plantings in the province are 91 per cent complete as of June 21, four points higher than the previous week according to Manitoba’s weekly crop […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, lentils faring well but threats remain

Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Growing conditions for peas and lentils in Saskatchewan during the spring can be described as variable. While western parts of the province continued to endure dry conditions carried over from last year’s drought, regions in the east were drenched with near-continuous rainfall to go along with below-normal temperatures. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

AAFC ups wheat production, usage numbers; stocks steady

Jun. 21, 2022 at 8:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Projected ending stocks of Canada’s major crops were left relatively unchanged in the latest supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Monday, although there were some revisions to the wheat production and usage numbers. The government agency raised its forecast for total Canadian wheat production in 2022-23 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 5.7 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest level in 2-1/2 months, pressured by early harvesting in the United States and Europe as well as fresh efforts to boost the amount of grain shipped from Ukraine. Corn futures were down three per […]

By Mark Weinraub