Insights and Stories on Crop Conditions

Firm Canadian chickpea market watching world production

May. 18, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers are in the early stages of planting the country’s next chickpea crop, with market conditions firm for the time being, ahead of new-crop harvests in other countries. “The market is firm, it’s not going up or down,” said Jake Hansen of Mid-West Grain at Moose Jaw, […]

U.S. grains: Corn hits 18-month low on crop prospects

May. 17, 2023 at 5:20 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Chicago soy dips, corn flat as planting progresses

May. 8, 2023 at 7:03 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits 25-month session low on good crop conditions

May. 2, 2023 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

CBOT weekly outlook: Cordonnier sees little change in U.S. corn, soy yields

Nov. 16, 2022 at 3:45 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s dry beans, peas show strong yields

Oct. 18, 2022 at 12:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the return of typical temperatures and healthy amounts of precipitation throughout the growing season, Manitoba had successful pea and dry bean crops during the 2022-23 marketing year, according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture said both crops showed high yields from their respective […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Manitoba’s harvest 79 per cent complete, report says

Oct. 12, 2022 at 8:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Harvest operations across Manitoba were 79 per cent complete as of Tuesday, according to the latest crop report from the provincial agriculture department. That figure was up from 63 per cent the previous week, but two weeks off the five-year average of 89 per cent. Harvest progress was […]

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: USDA cuts soy, corn crop outlooks, trims demand

Oct. 12, 2022 at 5:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped to a two-week high on Wednesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unexpectedly cut its U.S. harvest forecast and raised imports by top soy buyer China in a monthly report. Soybean price gains were held in check, however, by expectations for […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn slip ahead of key crop forecasts

Oct. 11, 2022 at 7:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell back on Tuesday, after jumping to a three-month high a day earlier, as signs of escalation in the war between Russia and Ukraine continued to raise concerns about the viability of Black Sea grain trade in the coming months. Corn futures slipped, […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Saskatchewan’s harvest 90 per cent complete

Oct. 6, 2022 at 2:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Excellent weather over the week ended Monday saw Saskatchewan farmers make good harvest progress, with 90 per cent of the province’s crops off the field, according to the latest provincial report. Harvest progress was up from 81 per cent the previous week — and from the five-year average […]