Insights and Stories on Crops

Turkish team to discuss Black Sea grain corridor in Russia this week

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:47 pm CDT

Ankara | Reuters — Ankara’s military delegation will travel to Russia this week to discuss details of a possible safe sea corridor in the Black Sea to export Ukrainian grain, Turkish presidency sources said on Tuesday. Russia’s TASS agency confirmed plans for the talks, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia’s […]

U.S. Supreme Court rejects Bayer bid to toss Roundup suits

Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:41 pm CDT

By lawrence-hurley

Surge in U.S. renewable diesel supply won’t offset loss of petroleum diesel

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:56 am CDT

By Laura Sanicola

CN service continues as signals staff strike

Jun. 20, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

PAMI to close Portage la Prairie location

Jun. 20, 2022 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Manitoba Co-operator

U.S. EPA ordered to reassess glyphosate impact on health, environment

Jun. 17, 2022 at 8:18 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was ordered by a federal appeals court on Friday to take a fresh look at whether glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup herbicide, poses unreasonable risks to humans and the environment. In a 3-0 decision, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals […]

By jonathan-stempel

Prairie cash wheat: Bids firm as loonie falls

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as heavy losses in the Canadian dollar more than countered the bearish influence of weakening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $4.50-$7.40 per tonne […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola net long position smallest in 10 months

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The net long position held by fund traders in the ICE Futures canola market continued to dwindle in the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), hitting its smallest level since August 2021. The net managed money long position in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on harvest pressure, firmer U.S. dollar

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Indianapolis | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Friday, erasing gains earlier in the week as harvest pressure weighs and a firmer dollar limits export business, traders said. Corn inched higher, finding a fresh one-month high, supported by hot weather in the U.S. Midwest that could threaten crops, while […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Food crisis will drive record displacement levels higher, UN refugee chief says

Jun. 16, 2022 at 8:18 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — A food security crisis stoked by the Ukraine war is set to push more people to flee their homes in poorer countries, driving record levels of global displacement even higher, the head of the U.N. refugee agency (UNHCR) said. A report by the U.N. body showed […]

By emma-farge