Insights and Stories on Acreage

Soybean acreage remains a question mark for 2019

Apr. 3, 2019 at 2:23 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Experts expect soybean acreage to decrease across Canada this year, though the jury is still out as to how much it will drop. In its principal crop acreage report published March 21, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada predicted that area planted to soybeans would decrease by three per cent […]

U.S. grains: Corn posts steepest drop in nearly three years on USDA reports

Mar. 29, 2019 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Time running out for trade talks

Mar. 13, 2019 at 3:02 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Heat blast threatens chickpea yields

Aug. 14, 2018 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

Jul. 17, 2018 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola prices vulnerable after StatsCan report

Jun. 30, 2018 at 11:47 am CDT

CNS Canada — The latest acreage report from Statistics Canada failed to surprise most investors in the market, but still could leave canola futures looking overpriced, according to a trader. “It certainly is a negative number,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg, referring to the agency’s estimate for […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on plentiful stocks, trade tensions

Apr. 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures were lower on Monday as early-session support from a lower-than-anticipated government forecast on spring plantings faded and the market’s focus turned to ample U.S. supplies and rising trade tensions with top importer China. Corn futures notched a 2-1/2-week high on the U.S. Agriculture […]

By Karl Plume

USDA sees soy, corn acreage falling as supplies hit record

Mar. 29, 2018 at 1:02 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers will cut their plantings of both soybeans and corn this spring with supplies of both commodities at record highs, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday. Soybean plantings, despite the expected drop, will top corn acreage for the first time since 1983, USDA said. […]

By Mark Weinraub

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks support amid bearish signals

Mar. 28, 2018 at 6:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts appear to be tilting to the downside as they enter the Easter break, and will likely need support from a key U.S. government report if they want to stay in their current range. At 11 a.m. CT, Thursday, the U.S. Department of […]

By Dave Sims

CBOT weekly outlook: Markets await USDA reports

Jan. 10, 2018 at 6:51 pm CST

CNS Canada — Updated production, stocks and acreage numbers due out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Friday should provide some nearby direction for U.S. grain and oilseed markets. “I can’t really get too bullish on the bean market with the large USDA estimates hanging over our heads,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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