Insights and Stories on Crops

Regulations, versatility pull hemp in different directions in West

May. 17, 2022 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Accounting for 60 per cent of Canada’s 1,100 cultivation licenses as of 2020, according to Health Canada, Western Canada is the country’s most important region when it comes to hemp production. But while there are more products on store shelves, more cultivars than ever before and high prices […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Still early in season to switch crops

May. 17, 2022 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat firm as worries about global supplies remain

May. 17, 2022 at 4:51 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

Eastern Prairies’ wet conditions may curb insect pest risk

May. 16, 2022 at 8:15 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat limit up on India’s export ban

May. 16, 2022 at 7:18 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

May. 14, 2022 at 10:51 pm CDT

Mumbai | Reuters — India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high. The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj Nigam Prusty rajendra-jadhav

Prairie cash wheat: Bids climb higher

May. 13, 2022 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A rally in U.S. wheat futures together with a downturn in the Canadian dollar combined to take Prairie wheat bids sharply higher during the second week of May. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $40.80-$45 per tonne during the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dust storm, hurricane-force winds tear across U.S. upper Midwest

May. 13, 2022 at 7:52 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Hurricane-force winds tore across the U.S. upper Midwest Thursday evening, sending walls of dust across cities and rural towns, causing widespread property damage and killing at least two people. Straight-line winds up to 170 km/h reached from Kansas to Wisconsin, pushing waves of farmland topsoil across […]

By Christopher Walljasper P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat, corn ease off rally on supply concerns

May. 13, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat and corn futures weakened on Friday, a day after rising on U.S. Department of Agriculture forecasts that indicated tightening global supplies. Traders took some profits ahead of the weekend and on expectations that U.S. farmers are advancing corn plantings thanks to […]

By Tom Polansek

In one giant leap for Earth plants, seeds are grown in moon soil

May. 12, 2022 at 7:55 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — Scientists for the first time have grown seeds in soil from the moon — samples retrieved during NASA missions in 1969 and 1972 — in an achievement that heralds the promise of using earthly plants to support human outposts on other worlds. Researchers said on Thursday […]

By Will Dunham