Insights and Stories on Egypt

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports ahead of last year’s pace

Jun. 11, 2019 at 7:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s lentil exports have been good this year, according to Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting Venture in Winnipeg. “At the end of April we were 26 per cent ahead of last year’s pace. Most of that is due to buying from India. Everybody’s surprised,” she said, Total lentil […]

U.S. grains: Wheat edges lower on profit-taking

Mar. 26, 2019 at 3:34 pm CDT

By Stephanie Kelly

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat plunges to seven-month low

Feb. 20, 2019 at 4:18 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Wheat nears two-week low on export worries

Jan. 29, 2019 at 4:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: China sales hopes lift soy, wheat sinks on demand worry

Dec. 5, 2018 at 5:25 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Wheat tops one-week high on improving export demand

Nov. 23, 2018 at 5:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures topped one-week highs on Friday on hopes for improved export demand after sales to Egypt, while corn and soybean futures slumped. Egypt’s state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, said it bought 240,000 tonnes of wheat in an international purchasing tender […]

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Prairie fababeans spike on global production issues

Nov. 20, 2018 at 4:53 pm CST

CNS Canada — Fababean prices in Western Canada have seen a boost lately due to global production problems, but according to a buyer this is a temporary situation. “Over the last 45 days we’ve saw this market spike, we’ll call it a buck a bushel that we’ve seen that increase […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound from 10-year low

Sep. 19, 2018 at 7:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose roughly two per cent on Wednesday, rebounding a day after the most active contract fell to a 10-year low as the harvest of a likely record-large U.S. crop got under way, analysts said. U.S. wheat futures climbed on technical buying and tightening […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Export concerns push wheat, soybean futures lower

Sep. 11, 2018 at 4:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell two per cent on Tuesday, their fifth decline in the last six sessions, as investment funds cut their risk exposure to the grain following a surprise short-covering rally on Monday, traders said. Poor demand for U.S. wheat exports amid expectations of a […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Wheat weakens on poor export demand

Sep. 5, 2018 at 6:23 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell 1.8 per cent on Wednesday, its third decline out of the last four sessions, as export prospects for U.S. supplies remained dim despite crop shortfalls in key production areas of the Black Sea region, traders said. Corn dropped after […]