Insights and Stories on Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Weather, loonie raise wheat bids

Apr. 29, 2022 at 8:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Adverse weather on both ends of the U.S. Plains as well as a weaker Canadian dollar were both supportive factors for western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. For the second straight weekend, a Colorado low system hit the northern Plains as well as the eastern […]

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall after rains

Apr. 29, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta

Apr. 28, 2022 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn edges higher as traders eye Midwest weather

Apr. 28, 2022 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

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

Zaporizhzhia | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia, are now wearing body armour to plough their fields. A week after the war started, grad rockets — bombs fired via a truck-mounted multiple-launch system — began falling […]

By Joseph Campbell

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

Apr. 26, 2022 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, traders said. Soybean futures eased as Brazil’s Anec raised its outlook for the country’s export forecast for the oilseed. Losses […]

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

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring falls back, durum rises

Apr. 22, 2022 at 8:29 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Thursday incurred moderate losses in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) while durum (CWAD) pushed upward. Declines in the U.S. wheat complex led the way, with a higher Canadian dollar this week adding more […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Drought fears, fertilizer may affect Canadian acreage estimates

Apr. 22, 2022 at 8:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Traders and analysts awaiting Statistics Canada’s first survey-based acreage report for the 2022-23 crop year on Tuesday believe competition amongst crops — as well as their dependence on fertilizer, and the possibility of another drought this summer — will be determining factors. Canola stands as the best representation […]

By Adam Peleshaty