Insights and Stories on Exports

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn extend rally

Dec. 27, 2021 at 2:39 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans and corn extended gains on Monday to hit multi-month highs as dry and hot weather in South America stoked supply worries. Wheat rose early in the session, bolstered by hopes for greater export demand, but ended the day down on technical trading. Dealers said […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend rally

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:31 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit summertime-level highs

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:55 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils steady during holidays

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:08 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feds put up funds toward managing P.E.I. potato surplus

Dec. 20, 2021 at 9:50 pm CST

Prince Edward Island potatoes locked out of the U.S. export market will go either to food banks or “environmentally-sound” disposal with new federal funding. Federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced $28 million “to support the diversion of surplus potatoes, including help to redirect surplus potatoes to organizations addressing […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Winter wheat futures rise on demand, crop woes

Dec. 20, 2021 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. winter wheat futures rose on Monday on global demand and concerns about poor crop weather in America’s Plains region, while concerns about unfavourable dryness in parts of South America helped lift U.S. soy futures, analysts said. Traders focused on weather conditions after crop observers in […]

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure

Dec. 15, 2021 at 7:43 pm CST

MarketsFarm — As the speculative longs for ICE Futures canola keep trying to defend their position, trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the pressure on canola continued to build. That’s especially so with declines over the last few weeks in Chicago soyoil, Malaysian palm oil and European […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: New investments cause for optimism

Dec. 14, 2021 at 1:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s pulse industry had to endure more than its fair share of challenges and obstacles in 2021, domestic and abroad. Nevertheless, the national organization representing pulse growers, traders and processors feels the industry will be strong in the New Year. An already tight supply situation became tighter in […]

By Adam Peleshaty

USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls

Dec. 13, 2021 at 6:46 pm CST

MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin