Insights and Stories on Grain Stocks

Most Canadian grain stocks tighter than a year ago

May. 7, 2024 at 11:24 am CDT

For many of Canada’s major crops, their holdings came in lower than a year ago, as Statistics Canada released its stocks of principal field crops as of March 31 report. There were declines in all wheat, durum, oats, corn, lentils and peas, but there were increases for barley and canola while soybeans were relatively steady.

Russia hits grain facilities at Ukrainian Danube River port

Aug. 23, 2023 at 10:18 am CDT

By Pavel Polityuk

U.S. grains: Soy soars after USDA slashes plantings estimate

Jun. 30, 2023 at 7:28 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: StatCan report likely won’t affect prices

May. 9, 2023 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. farmers aim to plant more corn, soy in 2023, but delays likely

Mar. 31, 2023 at 5:46 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders await stocks, plantings reports

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Traders on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will play close attention to a pair of reports due out from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Friday at 11 a.m. CT. The Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports will provide a glimpse as to how much of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat

Feb. 9, 2023 at 4:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s grain stocks as of Dec. 31, was neutral for spring wheat, supportive of durum, and pointed toward barley being somewhat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat soars on new data, Russia’s annexation move

Sep. 30, 2022 at 6:48 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat spiked on Friday, supported by a drastic cut to U.S. production estimates by the Agriculture Department, and Russia’s annexation of parts of Ukraine followed by increased U.S. sanctions. Corn climbed on smaller-than-expected U.S. stockpiles, while soybeans sank after USDA noted increased stores of the […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Ukraine grain storage crisis hits home as farmers harvest new crops

Jul. 19, 2022 at 8:02 pm CDT

Khreshchate, Ukraine | Reuters — Ukrainian farmer Mykola Tereshchenko hopes to start harvesting his wheat fields this week, but the smallholder in northern Ukraine has nowhere to store the grain. His silos are still crammed full with 1,100 tonnes of grain from last year’s harvest that he can’t export due […]

By Pavel Polityuk Tom Balmforth

Russia’s war may deprive world of three Ukrainian wheat harvests, minister says

Jun. 15, 2022 at 4:11 pm CDT

Kyiv | Reuters — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will create a global wheat shortage for at least three seasons by keeping much of the Ukrainian crop from markets, pushing prices to record levels, Ukraine’s agriculture minister told Reuters. Ukraine, sometimes known as Europe’s breadbasket, has had its maritime grain export […]