Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag as traders eye Ukraine export negotiations

Jun. 3, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures weakened on Friday as traders monitored diplomatic talks aimed at resuming shipments of Ukrainian grain stalled since Russia’s invasion, analysts said. Soybean futures also declined as market participants booked profits before the weekend, brokers said. Ukraine was in focus as the […]

CNH buys spray boom manufacturing capacity

Jun. 3, 2022 at 5:52 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Farmer walks toward an air seeder with a blue sky above.

Feed weekly outlook: Rains forecast for southern Alberta

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.N. aid chief in Moscow to discuss Ukraine grain exports

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat firms after earlier slide

Jun. 2, 2022 at 6:58 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn down on Ukrainian export optimism

Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat sank on Wednesday for a second straight session to the lowest in nearly two months, as the market gauged diplomatic talks to unblock Ukrainian ports, while U.S. rainfall across the plains added pressure to prices. Corn followed, dropping to a nine-week low, as U.S. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Meltdown’ not yet on canola market radar

Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There’s more to the sharp decline in U.S. wheat and corn futures than the possibility of Ukrainian exports returning to the global market along with the massive liquidation of longs, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “My theory with what is going on is […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Fund liquidation weighs on grains, oilseeds

Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean, corn and wheat futures in the United States all found themselves under pressure as the calendar flipped from May to June, with both the fundamental and technical signals turning bearish for the grains and oilseeds. “We’ve got a technical thing going on with corn and wheat,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.N. had ‘constructive’ talks in Moscow on Russian grain, fertilizer exports

May. 31, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — A senior U.N. official had “constructive discussions” in Moscow with Russian First Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Belousov on facilitating Russian grain and fertilizer exports to global markets, U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday. The U.N. official, Rebecca Grynspan, is now in Washington for talks […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as Russia considers Ukrainian grain exports

May. 31, 2022 at 5:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Tuesday, after Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed readiness to allow blocked Ukrainian grain vessels from Black Sea ports. Corn was pressured by falling wheat, while profit-taking pulled soybeans off life-of-contract highs to finish lower. The most-active wheat contract on the Chicago […]

By Christopher Walljasper