Insights and Stories on Crops

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea prices beginning to weaken

Nov. 22, 2023 at 10:31 am CST

MarketsFarm — With increased export competition, pea prices in Western Canada have slipped back, according to Levon Sargsyan of Johnston Grains in Calgary. “We are hearing that China slowed their imports down from Canada, which is driving the current decrease in prices,” Sargsyan said. “They have increased their imports from […]

Ukraine could fail to meet future wheat demand if attacks continue, UN agency warns

Nov. 21, 2023 at 8:19 pm CST

By Michelle Nichols

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans rise on Brazil’s weather woes

Nov. 21, 2023 at 7:53 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans jump after insufficient Brazil rains

Nov. 20, 2023 at 4:41 pm CST

By Brendan O'Brien Reuters

Large speculative short position in canola dips slightly

Nov. 20, 2023 at 3:59 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids ease off

Nov. 20, 2023 at 12:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Bids for western Canadian wheat were down all around for the week ended Thursday, with Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat having the largest losses. U.S. wheat futures were lower as export sales continued to be weak. For the week of Nov. 3-9, 176,300 tonnes were sold for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Ag chem maker FMC looks to sell non-core assets

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:41 pm CST

Reuters — Crop protection products maker FMC Corp. has launched a strategic review of its non-core assets, including a potential sale of its non-crop business. A slowdown in demand for herbicide and pesticides as well as excess inventories had resulted in large destocking in South America, denting the U.S.-based company’s […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago soy, corn slip on improved weather in Brazil

Nov. 17, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago grain and soybean futures declined on Friday as the prospect of rain in drought-stricken Brazil eased crop concerns, while traders exited long positions heading into a shortened U.S. Thanksgiving trading week. Soybeans and corn dipped more than one per cent while wheat fell 0.5 per […]

By Brendan O'Brien

The prospect of farming in the Great Clay Belt

Nov. 17, 2023 at 11:05 am CST

It’s an area larger than the total acreage now farmed in Ontario, yet the prospect of clearing, tiling and bringing the 16 million acres of the Great Clay Belt to productivity is questionable, if not daunting. It has taken producers in Ontario’s ‘Near North’ region of Temiskaming Shores, Earlton and […]

By Ralph Pearce

Wheat is transfered to the cargo ship 'Jork' at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver

IGC raises world crop projections

Nov. 16, 2023 at 2:16 pm CST

Projected worldwide wheat, corn and soybean production in 2023/24 was raised by the International Grains Council in its latest update, with better-than-expected corn yields in the United States and larger Black Sea wheat crops behind the adjustment.

By MarketsFarm