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Jan. 17, 2024 at 3:32 pm CST

With 2024 well underway, canola has very little reason to get excited, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. 

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jan. 17, 2024 at 8:36 am CST

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of bulk shipping rates, has dropped sharply over the past month after hitting 18-month highs in early December. Meanwhile, container rates have climbed higher over the same period as attacks by Houthi militants in the Red Sea have caused many shipping companies to divert their vessels.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jan. 15, 2024 at 1:36 pm CST

Bucharest | Reuters -- Hundreds of Romanian farmers and truck drivers protested near border crossings with Ukraine and near large cities across the country on Monday amid ongoing negotiations with the government over high business costs.

By Reuters

Jan. 11, 2024 at 5:15 pm CST

As the world’s supply of grain for 2023/24 was increased to 2.307 billion tonnes, the International Grain Council bumped its projections for wheat and corn, while trimming those for soybeans. 

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Jan. 8, 2024 at 10:49 am CST

Brazilian soybean farmers have begun to reap their 2023/24 soybean crop, covering some 0.6 per cent of the national planted area as of last Thursday, agribusiness consultancy AgRural said on Monday.

By Ana Mano, Reuters