Insights and Stories on Production

Nexera canola seed to come with heat blast insurance

Sep. 2, 2021 at 1:40 pm CDT

Farmers can’t prevent canola flowers from aborting in hot weather resulting in lower yields, but one seed company is providing some insurance against it — as part of the price of the seed. Brevant’s Nexera canola seed comes with a “a first-of-its-kind” insurance policy worth up to $100 an acre […]

StatsCan confirms Canada’s crop production down in 2021

Aug. 30, 2021 at 2:06 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ag department lowers crop production, export estimates

Aug. 26, 2021 at 6:38 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: No surprises in latest barley numbers

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils up on lower production, stronger demand

Aug. 24, 2021 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA pegs wheat ending stocks to be lowest since 2013-14

Jul. 12, 2021 at 8:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the U.S. northern Plains continue to deal with severe drought conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has significantly lowered its 2021-22 ending stocks estimates for wheat — especially durum and spring wheat. According to USDA’s monthly world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) released Monday, 2021-22 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise as pork production estimates cut

Jul. 12, 2021 at 8:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures jumped on Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture reduced its domestic pork production estimates for this year and next year. The USDA cut its production estimates because of reduced expectations for commercial hog slaughtering in the second half of […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures rally after U.S. slashes harvest estimates

Jul. 12, 2021 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed on Monday on lower-than-expected production estimates for domestic crops damaged by searing weather and drought, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also jumped. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a monthly report, slashed its harvest outlook for spring wheat other than durum […]

By Tom Polansek

BHP delaying decision on Saskatchewan potash project

Jun. 16, 2021 at 8:31 pm CDT

Melbourne | Reuters — BHP Group expects to present its board with a decision on whether to proceed with its Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan in a few months’ time — rather than mid-year — after choosing between two port options, an executive said on Thursday. The world’s biggest miner […]

By Reuters

Corn stocks cut in USDA WASDE report

Jun. 10, 2021 at 5:06 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Corn ending stocks in the U.S. are forecast to be tighter than earlier expectations for both old- and new-crop, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) released Thursday. USDA projects 2021-22 ending stocks for corn to be at 1.357 billion bushels, […]