Insights and Stories on Planting

Pulse weekly outlook: For growers, spring still far away

Mar. 28, 2023 at 12:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Springtime still seems distant for southern Manitoba as snow remains and freezing temperatures persist. However, provincial pulse specialist Dennis Lange said current conditions are setting up well for seeding after temperatures rise and snow melts. “We’re still a little ways off. There are still snow drifts in the […]

U.S. grains: Chicago grains up on U.S. planting uncertainty

Mar. 27, 2023 at 5:25 pm CDT

By Cassandra Garrison

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres expected for U.S. corn, soybeans, wheat

Mar. 22, 2023 at 5:49 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ukraine faces lack of herbicides, pesticides for spring seeding

Mar. 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Reuters

CBOT weekly outlook: Argentina estimates lowered, but attention soon shifting north

Mar. 8, 2023 at 8:10 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba growers not worried about Merit situation

Mar. 7, 2023 at 12:42 pm CST

MarketsFarm — After Manitoba-based plant protein processor Merit Functional Foods went into receivership last Wednesday, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers (MPSG) executive director Daryl Domitruk said it is not a microcosm of the province’s pulse industry. Domitruk said MPSG learned about Merit’s financial situation through the media. He also added […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher in choppy trade

Feb. 16, 2023 at 6:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched higher on Thursday while corn ended narrowly mixed after a choppy session as traders weighed poor crop prospects in Argentina against the expanding harvest of a massive Brazilian soybean crop and fears of rising interest rates, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Storms to bring rain to parched Argentine fields next week, grains exchange says

Jan. 19, 2023 at 6:51 pm CST

Reuters — A storm front should bring moderate to abundant rainfall across most of Argentina’s key agricultural area over the next week, the Buenos Aires grains exchange said on Thursday, which could help farmers plant their fields after a historic drought. Lack of rainfall in Argentina, the world’s largest exporter […]

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: 2022 a ‘good year’ for Manitoba pulses, soy

Jan. 3, 2023 at 8:07 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite a rough start to southern Manitoba’s growing season, Manitoba Pulse and Soybean Growers executive director Daryl Domitruk was content with how 2022 came to pass. “For pulses and soybeans, it was generally a good year as a result of some very good yields in soybeans and some […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Wheat, soybeans buck expectations in USDA report

Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:51 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Projected average yields and production for wheat and soybeans for 2022-23 went against many analysts’ expectations, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA released its monthly world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on Friday, which surprisingly showed upward revisions for average yields and production despite […]

By Adam Peleshaty