Insights and Stories on Wheat

Statistics Canada boosts crop production estimates

Sep. 12, 2019 at 8:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Updated model-based production estimates on Thursday from Statistics Canada expect larger yields for most of the major crops grown in the country — and while harvest operations are still ongoing, the actual crops may end up larger still. “All of the numbers are bigger, whether it’s durum, spring […]

U.S. grains: Fresh sales to China fuel soy optimism

Sep. 12, 2019 at 6:16 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Frost strikes in numerous spots in Manitoba

Sep. 11, 2019 at 7:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn ease on crop-boosting weather

Sep. 11, 2019 at 6:10 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Big Ag wants a cut of booming fake-meat market

Sep. 11, 2019 at 5:22 am CDT

By Rod Nickel Tom Polansek

Grain Farmers of Ontario seeking new CEO

Sep. 11, 2019 at 4:39 am CDT

Ontario’s biggest ag commodity organization is on the hunt for a new CEO as its first chief prepares to exit. Barry Senft announced Tuesday he will step down as CEO of Grain Farmers of Ontario in April 2020, a post he’s held since the 2009 merger of the province’s corn, […]

By GFM Staff

U.S. grains: Crop condition rating lifts corn

Sep. 10, 2019 at 6:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rebounded on Tuesday from four-month lows struck in the previous session after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the U.S. crop’s condition unexpectedly declined over the past week. Soybeans followed corn higher despite steady crop condition ratings, as worries about lower yields in […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy hit lows on weather, before technical bounce

Sep. 9, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Monday and soybeans slid to 3-1/2 month lows on crop-boosting weather and weak demand before short covering and technical buying helped both markets pare losses. Spillover support from rising wheat futures also gave corn and soy some underlying […]

By Karl Plume

StatsCan confirms record-large canola ending stocks

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks hit a new record for the 2018-19 crop year, according to updated data Statistics Canada released Friday. Canadian canola stocks as of July 31 came in at 3.9 million tonnes, up by 55 per cent on the year and about 800,000 tonnes above the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie wheat bids edge lower

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada edged lower during the week ended Thursday, as seasonal harvest pressure and strength in the Canadian dollar weighed on values. The Canadian dollar was up by roughly a third of a cent relative to its U.S. counterpart on the week. Minneapolis spring wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin