Insights and Stories on Crops

Australian crop estimates adjusted slightly lower

Sep. 5, 2023 at 6:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Total 2023-24 winter crop production in Australia, at an estimated 45.2 million tonnes, is expected to be 34 per cent off the record highs hit last year but slightly above the June forecast as upward revisions to canola and barley counter a downward revision to the wheat number, […]

U.S. grains: Wheat up off three-month low as Australian crop declines

Sep. 5, 2023 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Turkey’s Erdogan says Black Sea grain deal can be restored soon

Sep. 4, 2023 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Reuters

Prairie cash wheat: Bids, futures take tumbles

Sep. 2, 2023 at 4:45 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Concord seeding equipment brand to be discontinued

Sep. 1, 2023 at 10:47 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Putin to meet Erdogan amid push to revive grain deal

Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Turkey’s Tayyip Erdogan on Monday in the Black Sea resort of Sochi as Ankara and the United Nations seek to revive a Ukraine grain export deal that helped ease a global food crisis. Russia quit the deal in […]

By Guy Faulconbridge

U.S. grains: Wheat dips after earlier strength

Sep. 1, 2023 at 7:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices reversed earlier gains to close lower on Friday, as markets weighed tight global stocks against the prospect of hefty Russian wheat production and efforts to renew a Black Sea grain deal. Chicago soybeans and corn also climbed after month-end positioning pushed futures lower […]

By Christopher Walljasper

OAC to offer new master’s program in plant agriculture

Aug. 31, 2023 at 9:02 pm CDT

Ontario Agricultural College is seeking approvals to offer a new master’s degree in plant agriculture, which would designate plant science professionals operating at a grad-school level but not on the traditional research-based path. OAC said Wednesday its proposed new “master of plant agriculture” (MPAg) program would allow recent graduates and […]

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Feed barley, wheat prices coming down

Aug. 31, 2023 at 6:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite a hot and dry summer across much of the Prairies, prices for feed barley and feed wheat have fallen off over the past month. The high-delivered bid for Alberta feed barley was $8.06 per bushel, $1.42 less than one month ago, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Those […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans end month up on crop stress

Aug. 31, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell for a third consecutive session on Thursday, but ended the month higher as recent export activity and fears that dry weather damaged crops lent support. Wheat ended lower after trading both sides of even, pressured by plentiful global supplies. Corn ended the day […]

By Christopher Walljasper