Insights and Stories on Crops

Canada to ban Huawei/ZTE 5G equipment, joining Five Eyes allies

May. 19, 2022 at 8:15 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada on Thursday said it plans to ban the use of China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp. 5G gear to protect national security, joining the rest of the so-called Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network. “We intend to exclude Huawei and ZTE from our 5G networks,” Industry Minister […]

Global production declines expected for wheat, corn

May. 19, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Planting progress picking up in Saskatchewan

May. 19, 2022 at 7:37 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat far more expensive

May. 19, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans jump on export demand

May. 19, 2022 at 6:27 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

ICE weekly outlook: Highs might be in for old-crop canola

May. 18, 2022 at 6:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The highs may be in for old-crop canola contracts on the ICE Futures platform, with attention in the market turning to the new crop. “I think the market has probably defined the upside potential and the acute demand rationing that needed to occur is done,” said Jerry Klassen, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Rallies end as plantings continue slow pace

May. 18, 2022 at 6:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Soybean and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rallied throughout the week, but may start to ease as spring plantings progress. Terry Reilly, senior agriculture futures analyst for Futures International in Chicago, said India’s newly-implemented ban on wheat exports starting last Saturday due to a […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.N. chief in talks on restoring Ukraine grain exports

May. 18, 2022 at 6:28 pm CDT

United Nations | Reuters — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States and the European Union in an effort to restore Ukrainian grain export as a global food crisis worsens. “I am hopeful, but there is still […]

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Wheat futures slide on Russian crop exports, U.N. grain talks

May. 18, 2022 at 6:08 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell sharply on Wednesday following a report about United Nations efforts to restore Ukraine grain shipments and as forecasts of ample Russian supplies added to the impact on sentiment of expectations high prices will curb demand. Corn and soybean futures also slid as […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

China lifts block on Canadian grain firms’ canola exports

May. 18, 2022 at 5:25 pm CDT

Officials say China has reinstated market access for two major grain firms whose exports of Canadian canola have been blocked from Chinese ports since 2019. Canada’s Trade Minister Mary Ng and Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, in a joint statement Wednesday, confirmed the decision by Chinese customs officials allowing Richardson International […]

By Dave Bedard