Insights and Stories on Harvest

Zimbabwe says grain stocks running out after drought

Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:23 pm CST

Harare | Reuters — Zimbabwe has only 100,000 tonnes of grain in its strategic reserves, enough to last just over a month, as the southern African nation suffers the effects of a severe drought, according to the agriculture minister. More than half the country’s population faces food shortages after maize […]

Green Party backs grain drying exemption from carbon tax

Jan. 20, 2020 at 3:29 pm CST

By GFM Staff

Prairie provinces react to Bibeau’s questions on carbon price impact

Jan. 9, 2020 at 12:50 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. grains: Prices narrowly mixed as traders assess Mideast risk

Jan. 8, 2020 at 4:36 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

CBOT weekly outlook: Trade awaits solid details on ‘Phase One’

Dec. 18, 2019 at 4:54 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Balance sheet tightening

Dec. 9, 2019 at 2:37 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian pea and lentil production failed to live up to earlier projections, according to the latest survey data from Statistics Canada. While both crops are still forecast to be above their year-ago levels, the tightening supply expectations should underpin prices. Canada’s 2019-20 lentil crop was pegged at 2.17 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan report puts canola production at lowest since 2015

Dec. 6, 2019 at 10:32 am CST

MarketsFarm — Data from Statistics Canada’s production of principal field crops report, released Friday morning, will likely be supportive of canola values, put pressure on barley, and keep wheat prices steady. In the report, canola production across Canada decreased by 8.3 per cent nationally to 18.6 million tonnes, compared to […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola steady, awaits news

Dec. 4, 2019 at 5:45 pm CST

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but remain rangebound overall awaiting some fresh market-moving news. Some direction could come from the U.S. soybean complex, as the ongoing back-and-forth of trade talks with China could see some actual movement ahead of a Dec. 15 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat futures drop sharply

Dec. 3, 2019 at 4:49 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat futures sagged 1.8 per cent on Tuesday, the biggest percentage loss for the most-active contract in two months, on a round of profit-taking and technical selling, traders said. U.S. corn futures closed narrowly mixed, with nearby contracts weighed […]

By Mark Weinraub

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly outlook: Impeachment process stifles markets

Nov. 20, 2019 at 2:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment hearings have dominated headlines and stalled progress in numerous trade developments, leaving the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) starved of meaningful news. The Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) has yet to be ratified by the U.S. House of Representatives. The trade pact, meant to replace […]