Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat limit up to 14-year peak

Mar. 1, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures soared by the daily limit to their highest level in almost 14 years on Tuesday as traders feared prolonged disruptions to global supplies following Russia’s invasion of fellow grain exporter Ukraine. Soyoil futures set an all-time high on worries over […]

EU predicts pain for farmers, consumers from Ukraine crisis

Feb. 28, 2022 at 5:56 pm CST

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat limit down as Ukraine conflict assessed

Feb. 25, 2022 at 7:10 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Grain exporters tap EU supplies as war shuts Ukraine ports

Feb. 25, 2022 at 3:06 pm CST

By Gus Trompiz Michael Hogan

Early USDA forecast points to record-large 2022 soybean crop

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:20 pm CST

By MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat limit up after Russia invades Ukraine

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures spiked by their daily trading limit on Thursday to their highest since mid-2012 and corn futures touched eight-month peaks after Russian forces attacked Ukraine, exacerbating worries over global grain supplies. Soyoil futures notched an all-time high on concerns about global vegetable oil supplies […]

By Karl Plume

Ukraine shuts ports as conflict threatens grain supplies

Feb. 24, 2022 at 4:56 pm CST

Moscow/Kyiv | Reuters — Ukraine’s military has suspended commercial shipping at its ports after Russian forces invaded the country, an adviser to the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said, stoking fear of supply disruption from leading grain and oilseeds exporters. Russia earlier ordered the Azov Sea closed to the movement […]

By Gleb Stolyarov Natalia Zinets Polina Devitt

Vilsack hopes fertilizer firms don’t take advantage of Ukraine crisis

Feb. 24, 2022 at 4:04 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Thursday he hoped fertilizer and agriculture supply companies affected by the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not take unfair advantage of the situation, amid already-high fertilizer and crop prices. Fertilizer costs have soared due to rising demand and lower supply […]

By Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans touch nine-year peaks

Feb. 23, 2022 at 4:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a more than nine-year peak on Wednesday and corn notched a fresh eight-month high as escalating Russia-Ukraine tensions threatened to disrupt supplies from the key Black Sea grain-exporting region. Soybean futures rallied to a 9-1/2 year peak as the conflict also […]

By Karl Plume

Adjustments minor in latest AAFC crop balance sheets

Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:37 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Only minor adjustments to the old- and new-crop balance sheets were reported by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in their February supply/demand report, released Friday. New-crop production estimates were left unchanged for all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses, with a return to average yields across the Prairies […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin