Insights and Stories on Crops

Can yield and sustainability coexist?

Oct. 13, 2023 at 10:23 am CDT

Productivity has long been the main focus of agricultural research in Canada – more bushels of grain, more pounds of beef, more litres of milk, all in aid of competitiveness and profitability. Now there’s a new research priority on the block: sustainability, which often clashes with the deeply held belief […]

U.S. grains: Chicago soybeans surge after USDA projects smaller soy, corn crops

Oct. 12, 2023 at 5:24 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bullishly to USDA report

Oct. 12, 2023 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures looking for bottom

Oct. 11, 2023 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Demand for feed grains ‘in a lull’

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Smaller yields than last year in Saskatchewan

Oct. 11, 2023 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Yields and crop conditions from this year’s pulse harvest in Saskatchewan largely varied by location, according to SaskPulse executive director Carl Potts. “Generally on the east side of the province and some areas of the south, some pretty good yields. And then in the west-central, southwest regions, some […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Chicago soy touches 22-month low ahead of USDA report

Oct. 11, 2023 at 5:59 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean and wheat futures fell on Wednesday, and corn futures firmed as the markets turned their attention to widely-followed U.S. government crop forecasts. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropped 19 cents, about 1.5 per cent, to settle at […]

By Zachary Goelman

Managed money fund traders increase bearish canola bets

Oct. 10, 2023 at 7:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in ICE Futures canola grew to its largest level in three and a half months in early October on a combination of long liquidation and new bearish bets going on the books, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soybeans lifted by bright report on export demand

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:54 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Tuesday, rebounding sharply from early losses on lift from technical trading and data showing a pickup in exports of the U.S. oilseeds. Corn prices weakened, and wheat futures fell sharply. The most-actively traded Chicago Board of Trade soybean contract rose […]

By Zachary Goelman

Bunge shareholders bless Viterra wedding

Oct. 10, 2023 at 5:22 pm CDT

Shareholders in U.S. grain and agrifood giant Bunge have voted their advance approval of the company’s plans to take up one of Canada’s biggest grain industry players. Bunge on Thursday announced the results of an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders, in which they approved the acquisition of Viterra and a […]

By Dave Bedard