Insights and Stories on Crops

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids drop with U.S. futures

Aug. 20, 2023 at 12:31 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada fell in sympathy with U.S. futures during the week ended Thursday, although durum climbed higher on the back of production concerns in key durum-growing areas of southern Saskatchewan. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally on war concerns

Aug. 18, 2023 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

First Nations tribe spins hay into gold

Aug. 18, 2023 at 10:04 am CDT

By Jeff Melchior

Bureau won’t challenge takeover of Canada Malting parent

Aug. 17, 2023 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Feed weekly outlook: Market steady in face of harvest, U.S. corn imports

Aug. 17, 2023 at 5:01 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. escalates Mexico corn trade spat with dispute panel request

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:31 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Thursday escalated its objections to Mexico’s curbs on genetically modified corn imports, requesting a dispute settlement panel under the North American trade pact, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said. The request to send the dispute to arbitrators was announced after formal consultations […]

By David Lawder

U.S. grains: Soybeans advance on hot, dry forecast

Aug. 17, 2023 at 4:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures approached a two-week high on Thursday on concerns that hot, dry weather in forecasts could reduce the upcoming U.S. harvest. The U.S. has little room for crop losses due to unfavourable weather because the government already projects tight soybean supplies, […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola enters volatile harvest period

Aug. 16, 2023 at 4:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The looming harvest may keep a lid on the upside in the ICE Futures canola market over the next month as participants wait to get a better handle on the size of this year’s crop. “We’re still at the mercy of trying to determine what size of crop […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat, corn likely to trend downward

Aug. 16, 2023 at 3:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat and corn on the Chicago Board of Trade are likely to fall back in the coming weeks, according to Terry Reilly, senior agricultural specialist for Marex in Chicago. Soybeans, meanwhile, could go either way, he said, depending on the severity of upcoming weather conditions. Reilly commented that […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. says working to identify alternative paths for Ukraine grain

Aug. 16, 2023 at 3:02 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — The United States on Wednesday condemned Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s grain infrastructure and said it was working with partners to identify alternative options to ensure Ukrainian grain exports. “The United States … calls for Russia to immediately return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative,” State […]

By Daphne Psaledakis Humeyra Pamuk