Insights and Stories on Seeding

Tightening supplies likely to underpin chickpea market

May. 11, 2022 at 1:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Tightening worldwide chickpea supplies could bode well for prices later this year, although Canadian acres will likely be down and there’s still a long growing season ahead. Canadian farmers intend to seed 175,200 acres of chickpeas in 2022, which would be down 5.5 per cent from the previous […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Late Prairie seeding may sway acres out of peas

May. 10, 2022 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farming behind the lines: Growers in Ukraine plant amid hostilities close by

May. 9, 2022 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Ihor Pavliuk

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans ease on expected planting progress

May. 9, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Alberta seeding ahead of five-year average

May. 6, 2022 at 6:09 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Corn trading higher than barley

May. 5, 2022 at 7:03 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Imported corn from the U.S. is still the grain of choice for feedlots in southern Alberta, despite the fact feed barley is at a slightly lower price right now. Corn traded on Wednesday at around $480 per tonne ($12.19 per bushel) in Lethbridge, said Jim Beusekom, president of […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Seeding already behind in Saskatchewan

May. 5, 2022 at 6:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan Agriculture on Thursday issued its first weekly crop report of 2022, showing only one per cent of all crops in the ground. The report cited cool temperatures and spring snowstorms holding back many farmers getting into their fields. The overall five-year average at this time of year […]

By MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Jittery spring market for canola

May. 4, 2022 at 7:45 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw a sharp downward correction in early trading days of May, after setting all-time highs in April. While the correction was long overdue, underlying supportive influences remain in place and the market could be due for some sideways trade as participants now wait to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT weekly outlook: U.S. spring wheat seeding near standstill

May. 4, 2022 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A succession of weather events has pretty much brought spring planting in North Dakota and Minnesota to a standstill, according to analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag at Fargo, N.D. The weekly crop progress report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated nationwide planting of spring wheat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Corn eases despite slow U.S. plantings

May. 3, 2022 at 5:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell on Tuesday after initial gains, pressured by demand uncertainty despite adverse weather delays to U.S. planting progress, analysts said. Recent rainfall also pressured wheat, despite declining crop conditions, while soybeans moved lower on expectations of increased plantings if corn seedings continue to […]