Insights and Stories on Crops

Saskatchewan farmers making good harvest progress: report

Sep. 5, 2024 at 12:21 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress during the week ended Sep. 2, according to the latest provincial crop report. An estimated 42 per cent of the 2024 crop was harvested across the province, which was up from 25 per cent the previous week and ahead of the five-year average of […]

Feed Weekly: More grain to enter feed markets

Sep. 5, 2024 at 12:11 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on weather risks, wheat up on short covering

Sep. 4, 2024 at 4:28 pm CDT

By Heather Schlitz

ICE Weekly: Canola market suddenly in a very bad position

Sep. 4, 2024 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest nearly one-quarter complete

Sep. 4, 2024 at 12:01 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans gain ground as canola tumbles on Chinese import probe

Sep. 3, 2024 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures turned higher on Tuesday, at one point reaching a near four-week high, bolstered by export demand, crop condition concerns and news that China plans to launch an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Canadian canola, traders said. The ICE canola contract […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Hail in a yard west of Somerset June 12. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

August storms yield hail claims on Prairie crops

Sep. 3, 2024 at 4:17 pm CDT

Saskatchewan bore the brunt of Aug. 12-18 storms that racked up hail claims from Alberta to Manitoba.

By Janelle Rudolph

Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES

Sep. 3, 2024 at 2:45 pm CDT

Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse Weekly: Australian chickpea crop sees major expansion

Sep. 3, 2024 at 2:28 pm CDT

Australia will see its largest chickpea crop in nearly a decade, according to winter crop production estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) on Sept. 3. The agency forecasted 1.333 million tonnes of chickpea production over a seeded area of 1.900 million acres for the […]

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Ukraine 2024/25 wheat exports to be capped

Sep. 3, 2024 at 11:02 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s farm ministry has agreed with traders and agriculture associations to limit wheat exports in the 2024/25 July-June season to 16.2 million metric tons, the ministry said on Tuesday. The government and traders annually sign a memorandum in which officials promise to maintain the existing terms […]

By Pavel Polityuk