Insights and Stories on Crops

CBOT weekly outlook: Demand, not interest rates, affecting markets

Nov. 1, 2023 at 3:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While key interest rates in the United States will stay put for the time being, corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) declined steadily during the week ended Wednesday. The U.S. Federal Reserve announced earlier Wednesday that the central bank’s policy rate will remain […]

More affordability, usage of fertilizers in 2024, analyst says

Nov. 1, 2023 at 12:56 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Wheat down on supply concerns, soft demand

Oct. 31, 2023 at 6:54 pm CDT

By Brendan O'Brien

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils shift in narrow range

Oct. 31, 2023 at 1:48 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: South America rains push soy futures down

Oct. 30, 2023 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Brendan O'Brien Julie Ingwersen

St. Lawrence traffic to resume as tentative labour deal reached

Oct. 30, 2023 at 11:58 am CDT

A week-long strike by about 360 unionized workers on the St. Lawrence Seaway ended Monday morning with a tentative agreement on a new labour deal. The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) and Unifor, the union representing the workers, announced the new agreement separately Sunday evening. Unionized workers had been […]

By Dave Bedard

Fund short position hits new record in ICE canola

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:34 am CDT

MarketsFarm — The net speculative short position in the ICE Futures canola market rose to its largest level ever recorded as fund traders put on fresh bearish bets and liquidated previously placed long positions, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids book week of losses

Oct. 30, 2023 at 10:24 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids took a tumble with durum prices having the largest losses during the week ended Oct. 26. U.S. wheat futures were pressured throughout the week as rains fell on winter wheat-growing areas in the country, as well as in Argentina, Ukraine and Australia. Export sales […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans, soymeal climb on demand

Oct. 27, 2023 at 6:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rallied and soymeal hit a contract high on Friday on strong demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said. U.S. soymeal exports are on their way to new highs this season after a poor soybean harvest in top soymeal exporter Argentina earlier […]

By Brendan O'Brien Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Grains see flat demand, price movement

Oct. 27, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Recent demand for feed grains from feedlots has been in a standstill, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “It’s been flat, probably since the end of September. We haven’t seen any big changes when it comes to demand or prices,” she […]

By Adam Peleshaty