Insights and Stories on Crops

Planting in Saskatchewan nearing its end

Jun. 10, 2022 at 4:26 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring planting across Saskatchewan reached 91 per cent complete as of Monday, according to the province’s latest crop report. That was an increase of 15 points over the week and the pace was only six behind the five-year average. However, Saskatchewan Agriculture stressed there are many acres in […]

Rain helps Ontario crops as last of seeding presses on

Jun. 10, 2022 at 3:53 am CDT

By MarketsFarm

StatCan releases satellite crop vegetation data

Jun. 10, 2022 at 3:36 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

Nutrien to further boost potash output amid global shortage

Jun. 9, 2022 at 9:57 pm CDT

By Rithika Krishna Rod Nickel

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip slightly

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy futures rally to 10-year top

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied on Thursday, hitting their highest in nearly a decade and threatening their all-time high on signs of good export demand for U.S. supplies, traders said. Corn futures also rose, with cash market strength underpinning the tight supply situation. Wheat futures fell on […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Weather in focus for canola traders

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts hit their lowest levels in two months during the first week of June but uncovered support to the downside to recover on Wednesday and hold rangebound overall. While crush margins are still well off the levels seen at this time a year ago, they […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy prices rise, yields may follow suit

Jun. 8, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybeans were the high-rising crop on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday, two days before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly world agriculture supply/demand estimates (WASDE) are released. Old- and new-crop soybeans all rose in tandem during the week, but while old-crop contracts […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans, corn, wheat rise

Jun. 8, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Wednesday on expectations that robust demand from both the domestic and export sectors will keep supplies tight until harvest in the fall, traders said. Corn futures were firm on support from strength in the cash market while wheat ended in positive […]

By Mark Weinraub

Russian attack destroys warehouses of major Ukrainian port terminal, owner says

Jun. 7, 2022 at 6:13 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russian shelling destroyed the warehouses of one of Ukraine’s largest agricultural commodities terminals in the Black Sea port of Mykolaiv over the weekend, authorities and the facility’s owner said Tuesday. The attack came at a time Turkey is trying to develop a U.N.-backed plan to start […]

By Pavel Polityuk