Insights and Stories on Crops

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-month low on export woes

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. benchmark soybean futures fell below US$13 a bushel on Thursday for the first time in a month while corn and wheat futures held near multi-year lows on downbeat weekly export sales, an expanding U.S. harvest and economic worries, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade November […]

Port grain facilities at Constanta, Romania.

Romania, Ukraine to work on grain import-export licensing system

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:17 pm CDT

By Reuters

ICE November 2023 canola, Sept. 20, 2023.

ICE weekly outlook: Which way will canola go?

Sep. 20, 2023 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Funds getting out of soybeans

Sep. 20, 2023 at 7:51 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn futures extend bounce from multi-year low

Sep. 20, 2023 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Kyiv acts on ‘compromise’ plan after filing WTO complaint over food ban

Sep. 20, 2023 at 1:12 am CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine appealed to three neighbouring countries in the European Union on Tuesday to embark on “constructive dialogue” to end a dispute over agricultural trade, and approved what it called a “compromise scenario.” Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced restrictions on imports from Ukraine on Friday after the […]

By Pavel Polityuk Yuliia Dysa

U.S. grains: Corn up off near-three-year lows

Sep. 19, 2023 at 5:06 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Tuesday on bargain-buying after prices touched the lowest levels in nearly three years, but gains were limited by expectations of an ample harvest and weak export demand, traders said. Soybeans ended lower after choppy trading, setting a one-month low on […]

By Zachary Goelman

Pulse weekly outlook: Canada’s prices well supported given smaller crops

Sep. 19, 2023 at 12:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian pulse production came in well below average in 2023, keeping prices supported for the time being. Total pea production was pegged at 2.27 million tonnes by Statistics Canada on Thursday. That was up slightly from the 2.19 million tonnes forecast in August, but well off the 3.42 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farm trade dispute creates rift between Ukraine and its allies

Sep. 18, 2023 at 6:27 pm CDT

Brussels/Kyiv | Reuters — A dispute over agricultural trade created a rift on Monday between Ukraine and some of its strongest allies in the European Union after three member states imposed unilateral measures to restrict imports from the war-torn country. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced restrictions on imports on Friday […]

By Julia Payne Yuliia Dysa

Fund long position drops in canola

Sep. 18, 2023 at 5:58 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Fund traders have been busy liquidating long positions and putting on new bearish canola bets in early September. The net managed money long position in the ICE Futures market dropping sharply during the week ended Tuesday (Sept. 12), according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin