Insights and Stories on Harvest

Aug. 25, 2020 at 7:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With harvest activity beginning across most of the Prairies, pulse prices are experiencing typical harvest pressure. About 20 per cent of the lentil crop has been harvested in Saskatchewan, according to the province’s crop report from Thursday. The west-central region lagged furthest behind the province’s average rate, with […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Aug. 24, 2020 at 4:38 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rose on Monday on expectations that a government report will show crop ratings deteriorated in the past week, underpinning recent forecasts that pegged the harvest below the U.S. Agriculture Department’s latest outlook. A spate of dryness across the U.S. Midwest, combined […]

By Mark Weinraub

Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed prices in Alberta took something of a tumble this week, Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge reported. Feed prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, meanwhile, were steady. “Six weeks ago we were seeing harvest, at best, at the end of August. With the heat wave that’s […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Aug. 20, 2020 at 6:18 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybeans slipped on Thursday after a seven-month peak a day earlier, while corn eased as traders set recent storm damage against generally strong prospects for harvest yields. Wheat ended higher as traders digested competing signals for global supply. The most-active soybean contract on the Chicago […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Aug. 19, 2020 at 8:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola contracts at ICE Futures showed strength earlier in the week, due to comparable strength in Chicago soyoil. “Bean oil is keeping it firm,” said Ken Ball of P.I. Financial in Winnipeg — but canola was still lagging behind. “It won’t go up as much as United States […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm