Insights and Stories on Wheat

Crop conditions in Alberta see remarkable turnaround

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the heydays of summer approach, Alberta reported that its crops were in good shape. The crop report placed all crops in the province at 75 per cent good to excellent, slightly above the five-year average. The rains throughout June were credited with the turnaround, but overall growth […]

Feed weekly outlook: Decline in feed grain prices anticipated

Jun. 29, 2022 at 11:12 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Argentina’s Bioceres says GMO wheat gets OK from U.S. FDA

Jun. 27, 2022 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Jorgelina do Rosario Tom Polansek

Speculators bail out of long positions in canola

Jun. 24, 2022 at 3:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat prices starting to soften

Jun. 23, 2022 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Ukraine grain exports 48 per cent down so far in June

Jun. 22, 2022 at 3:30 pm CDT

Reuters – Ukrainian grain exports in the first 22 days of June fell by 48 per cent from a year earlier to 907,000 tonnes, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday. The volumes included 803,000 tonnes of corn, 78,000 tonnes of wheat and 21,000 tonnes of barley, the data showed. Ukraine […]

By Pavel Polityuk

U.S. grains: Wheat futures hit lowest since late March

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sank 5.7 per cent on Tuesday to their lowest level in 2-1/2 months, pressured by early harvesting in the United States and Europe as well as fresh efforts to boost the amount of grain shipped from Ukraine. Corn futures were down three per […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canola net long position smallest in 10 months

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The net long position held by fund traders in the ICE Futures canola market continued to dwindle in the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), hitting its smallest level since August 2021. The net managed money long position in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on harvest pressure, firmer U.S. dollar

Jun. 17, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

Indianapolis | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Friday, erasing gains earlier in the week as harvest pressure weighs and a firmer dollar limits export business, traders said. Corn inched higher, finding a fresh one-month high, supported by hot weather in the U.S. Midwest that could threaten crops, while […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in Alberta and western Saskatchewan over the past week should give grain crops a good start to the growing season — and put some pressure on the feed grain market, which remains at historically high prices after last year’s drought. The rain “will kick the production […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin