Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soybeans hold firm with harvest, domestic demand in focus

Oct. 17, 2023 at 4:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures firmed for a second straight session on Tuesday amid thin technical trading, as strong domestic demand eased concerns about supplies growing as the U.S. harvest continued. Corn inched down while traders monitored the U.S. harvest progress, as investors watched Israel’s […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller North American dry bean crops to underpin prices

Oct. 17, 2023 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fund short position grows in canola

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat down off two-week high on global demand

Oct. 16, 2023 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Investment firm buys Saskatchewan drying system maker

Oct. 16, 2023 at 3:59 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Prairie cash wheat: Most bids lower

Oct. 13, 2023 at 9:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were lower in Manitoba, but higher in the rest of the Prairies, while those for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheat also went down during the week ended Thursday. U.S. wheat futures declined for […]

By Adam Peleshaty

EU countries fail to agree on extending glyphosate approval

Oct. 13, 2023 at 8:22 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup herbicide. A “qualified majority” of 15 countries representing at least 65 per cent of […]

By Marine Strauss philip-blenkinsop

Major U.S. peach producer files for bankruptcy to pursue sale

Oct. 13, 2023 at 8:12 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Prima, a private-equity backed farmer that is the largest producer of peaches and other stone fruit in North America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on Friday. The company, owned by private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners, has about $679 million in debt, […]

By Dietrich Knauth

Russia destroyed 300,000 tonnes of grain since July in attacks, Kyiv says

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:33 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russia has destroyed almost 300,000 metric tonnes of grain since July in attacks on Ukraine’s port facilities and on ships, the Ukrainian government said on Friday, underscoring the war’s threat to global food security. In summer, Moscow quit a U.N.-brokered deal that had allowed exports of […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn slip on profit taking, macro pressure

Oct. 13, 2023 at 7:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures retreated on Friday on profit-taking after hitting two-week highs in the previous session and as souring consumer sentiment and inflation worries hung over the market. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, but wheat rallied after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported stronger-than-expected weekly […]

By Karl Plume