Insights and Stories on Crops

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 […]

Pulse weekly outlook: More rainfall turns into more seeding delays

May. 31, 2022 at 3:07 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Kremlin says Putin ready to facilitate grain exports via Ukraine ports

May. 30, 2022 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Guy Faulconbridge

Hepatitis A outbreak linked to organic strawberries

May. 30, 2022 at 5:48 pm CDT

By Reuters

Prairie cash wheat: Talk of Black Sea corridor weighs on week’s bids

May. 27, 2022 at 7:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean, wheat futures up ahead of holiday

May. 27, 2022 at 6:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Friday, supported by forecasts for rain that could slow the tail end of planting in the U.S. Midwest. Wheat futures also were higher, with traders exiting bearish positions ahead of the U.S. Memorial Day holiday weekend. […]

By Mark Weinraub

Fertilizer maker Yara says world faces extreme food supply shock

May. 26, 2022 at 9:19 pm CDT

Davos, Switzerland | Reuters — Norwegian fertilizer giant Yara says donors urgently need to close the U.N.’s $10 billion food programme funding gap to avoid a catastrophe as sanctions on Russian fertilizers and Ukraine’s grain export problems have created an extreme global shock. “The world has realized that food can […]

By Dmitry Zhdannikov

U.S. grains: Rainy forecast pushes soy to three-month high

May. 26, 2022 at 4:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied 2.7 per cent to a three-month high on Thursday as the latest weather forecasts for key northern growing areas turned wet again, threatening to add further delays to planting that was already well behind schedule, traders said. Corn futures were weaker on […]

By Mark Weinraub

Deere tapping into Apple-like tech model to drive revenue

May. 26, 2022 at 2:49 pm CDT

Bondurant, Iowa | Reuters — Deere and Co. has sold its tractors and other equipment to farmers for decades, but the world’s largest agriculture machinery manufacturer is tearing a page from the technology world’s playbook — combining cutting-edge hardware with software and subscription models to drive revenue growth. In a […]

By Bianca Flowers Joseph White

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots shopping for new-crop barley

May. 26, 2022 at 2:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While corn imported from the U.S. was the grain of choice for Alberta feedlots for the past few months, feed barley has slowly become more in demand. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., explained that some feedlots were already having their cattle feed […]

By Adam Peleshaty