Insights and Stories on Crops

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids near bottom post-harvest

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After a better-than-expected harvest across the Canadian Prairies, feed grain prices on the region either have bottomed out or soon will, according to Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon. “They’ve dropped significantly in the past three to four weeks as harvest pressure kicked off,” he said, citing […]

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-month high ahead of USDA data

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:26 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Trimble Ag, Agco’s JCA link up for new precision ag venture

Sep. 28, 2023 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Scoular boosts flax processing capacity near Regina

Sep. 28, 2023 at 11:01 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

ICE weekly outlook: Canola ‘due for a bounce’

Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:05 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn trade watch harvest weather

Sep. 27, 2023 at 6:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvest operations for soybeans and corn are in their early stages, with seasonal selling pressure likely to limit any upside potential in the futures markets over the next few weeks. However, both commodities have found nearby support on the other side keeping values rangebound overall. The U.S. soybean […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil boosted by rising energy prices

Sep. 27, 2023 at 4:06 pm CDT

Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from losses a day earlier, as ethanol feedstock enjoyed a boost from a rise in energy prices that also lifted soyoil futures, analysts said. Wheat futures fell at the Chicago Board of Trade, and K.C. hard red winter wheat futures hit […]

By Zachary Goelman

Transport Canada to review Bunge-Viterra marriage plans

Sep. 27, 2023 at 7:25 am CDT

Canada’s federal transport department will conduct its own review of U.S. grain giant Bunge’s plans to buy and merge with Viterra — with an eye particularly on both companies’ stakes in Canadian port terminals. Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez announced Tuesday that his department will review the deal under the mergers […]

By Dave Bedard

Tightening canola stocks projected, AAFC says

Sep. 26, 2023 at 7:56 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian canola carryout supplies for the current marketing year will likely end up tighter than earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand balance sheets from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) that account for recent production and stocks data from Statistics Canada. Canola ending stocks for 2023-24 are now forecast […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada books stronger August deliveries of most major grains

Sep. 26, 2023 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Deliveries of most major grains in Canada were higher in August than a year ago, according to Statistics Canada. The federal agency issued its monthly deliveries report on Tuesday, showing total deliveries last month came to 5.103 million tonnes, up nearly 15 per cent from the previous August. […]

By MarketsFarm