Insights and Stories on Inventory

Ag input firm FMC’s shares tumble after lowering financial targets

Jul. 10, 2023 at 8:17 pm CDT

Reuters — Shares of FMC Corp. fell more than eight per cent on Monday after the agricultural products supplier cut its outlook for the year on volume declines in most of its major markets. “Towards the end of May, we experienced unforeseen and unprecedented volume declines in three out of […]

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end lower

Mar. 30, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages leading to price increases

Oct. 7, 2021 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Deere lifts 2021 forecast on solid equipment demand

Aug. 20, 2021 at 7:32 pm CDT

By Rajesh Kumar Singh Sanjana Shivdas

Canada’s year-end cattle herd continues shrinking

Mar. 1, 2021 at 8:21 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. livestock: Hogs tumble on bigger-than-expected supply, economic concerns

Jun. 26, 2020 at 6:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures plunged by as much as the daily trading limit on Friday and ended sharply lower after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated supplies above already-high trade expectations. Economic concerns amid rising novel coronavirus infections added pressure to hogs and also dragged […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Hogs mostly higher ahead of USDA inventory data

Jun. 25, 2020 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures were mostly higher on Thursday, lifted by firmer cash hog markets and position squaring ahead of a quarterly hog inventory report that was released after the close. Futures have been sliding for most of the past two months as hog supplies swelled […]

By Karl Plume

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas recover from previous lows

May. 26, 2020 at 4:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Chickpea prices have recovered slightly from lows hit around the end of 2019, but they’re still a long way off historic highs from years past. Ahead of the 2018 growing season, chickpea prices were around 50 to 60 cents/lb. for growers, according to Darwin Hamilton of Kalshea Commodities […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Canadian cattle in a feedlot with a cowboy in the background.

Cattle inventories continue to decline, StatsCan says

Feb. 25, 2020 at 11:56 am CST

MarketsFarm — Canada’s cattle herd in 2019 continued on its generally consistent path of declining numbers, according to new data Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Aside from a few slight increases in 2012, 2013 and 2018, Canadian cattle inventories have moved lower since 2005. At 11.2 million head, the reported number […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Pulse Canada looking to build data inventory for industry

Jan. 31, 2020 at 6:38 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Pulse Canada has undertaken a survey of pea and lentil growers to gauge the sector’s environmental footprint and to provide data for a public repository. The survey is a joint project with Alberta Pulse Growers, SaskPulse and Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers. The survey is a life cycle […]