Insights and Stories on Planting

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall after rains

Apr. 29, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell to three-week lows on Friday, led by hard red winter wheat contracts after showers in key growing parts of the U.S. Plains provided a much needed boost to soil moisture, traders said. Corn futures ended unchanged after spiking to their highest in […]

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘Confluence of events’ keeps corn, soy supported

Apr. 27, 2022 at 9:11 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high

Apr. 27, 2022 at 5:16 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields

Apr. 27, 2022 at 4:07 am CDT

By Joseph Campbell

U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:17 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

StatsCan predicts more Canadian wheat acres, less canola in 2022

Apr. 26, 2022 at 1:26 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers intend to seed more acres to wheat and less to canola in 2022, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada for the upcoming crop year released Tuesday. Canola area is forecast at 20.9 million acres by the government agency, which would be down by […]

By MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil acres likely up in 2022

Apr. 26, 2022 at 12:41 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based crop acreage estimates of 2022 on Tuesday, reporting that while more lentil acres may be planted this spring, other pulses are expected to have their seeded area shrink. The national data agency projected 4.49 million acres of lentils will be planted in […]

By Adam Peleshaty

File photo of a small flock of tundra swans taking off from a grain field in early spring.

Spring planting work can kick up avian flu, feather sector warns

Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:20 pm CDT

Spring planting work could soon start to bring unintended gifts left by wild birds from fields into farmyards, Ontario’s poultry and egg sectors warn, as more cases of avian flu are confirmed at poultry farms across the country. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Thursday reported three additional outbreaks of […]

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans climb on export optimism

Apr. 20, 2022 at 6:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean futures rose on Wednesday, with the July contract hitting a two-month high on optimism about export demand for U.S. supplies of the oilseed, analysts said. Corn followed soybeans higher, with front contracts leading the way up in both markets. But wheat futures fell on […]

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT weekly outlook: Traders look to skies for market guidance

Apr. 20, 2022 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Much of the focus from the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Wednesday has shifted away from besieged Ukraine — and toward areas closer to home. Prices for nearby corn and soybean contracts rose over the past week due to weather-related rallies, but wheat prices […]