Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rain benefits top supplier Brazil

Nov. 24, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures tumbled on Friday under pressure from favourable rains in Brazil, the biggest global supplier, analysts said. The market has pulled back about five per cent since jumping last week to its highest price since August amid concerns over hot, dry […]

China’s COFCO says it imported Canadian durum for first time

Nov. 24, 2023 at 11:23 am CST

By Reuters

Ottawa lines up with farmers on right-to-repair

Nov. 23, 2023 at 8:32 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

Feed weekly outlook: Weak demand for barley

Nov. 23, 2023 at 7:00 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: The three main factors affecting soybeans

Nov. 23, 2023 at 2:06 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba sunflower yields better than anticipated

Nov. 22, 2023 at 8:29 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With most of Manitoba’s sunflower harvest believed to be almost complete for 2023, yields have proven to be better than expected, according to Dennis Lange at Manitoba Agriculture. “I’ve heard good comments from some in the industry that the sunflower crop looks pretty good this year,” Lange said, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Purely technical canola market trending up

Nov. 22, 2023 at 8:00 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market moved within a wide range during the week ended Wednesday, hitting some of its best levels in a month before running into resistance at the highs. With traders in the United States moving to the sidelines for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, activity should […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans tumble on downpours in drought-stricken Brazil

Nov. 22, 2023 at 7:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures lost more than one per cent on Wednesday as rain fell in Brazil, easing worries over the persistent dryness and heat that has plagued crops in the top exporting nation, analysts said. Wheat rose on shipping concerns in the Black Sea after Russia’s […]

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Internal dispute over privilege, bullying allegations ties up C-234

Nov. 22, 2023 at 3:29 pm CST

A proposed amendment, and a dispute over senatorial behaviour, further geared down progress Tuesday of a federal private member’s bill to carve out a carbon tax exemption for grain drying and heating of barns and greenhouses. Bill C-234, which passed the House of Commons in late March, remained on the […]

By Dave Bedard

AAFC tweaks crop supply/demand estimates in November report

Nov. 22, 2023 at 12:09 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has slightly adjusted its supply/demand estimates for November. AAFC published its latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops on Tuesday. Of Canada’s major crops, the department left the 2023-24 ending stocks for canola at one million tonnes and all wheat at 3.6 million, while all […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm