Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers

May. 21, 2019 at 6:23 pm CDT

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering direct payments to U.S. farmers of $2 per bushel for soybeans as part of an aid package to offset the trade war with China, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, an offer that could encourage more soy planting despite record supplies. China is […]

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grain prices flagging

May. 16, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady ahead of seeding

May. 2, 2019 at 4:09 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Supply glut dragging down organics market

Apr. 26, 2019 at 2:54 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Organic price quotes: Late April

Apr. 26, 2019 at 2:45 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

Apr. 22, 2019 at 3:02 pm CDT

Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

WTO finds for U.S. on crop tariff dispute with China

Apr. 18, 2019 at 9:46 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled largely in favour of the United States in a trade dispute regarding China’s application of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, corn and rice. The ruling, issued by the WTO’s Dispute Settlement Body (DSB), stated China did not apply the TRQs […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

Apr. 16, 2019 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

USDA raises corn stocks projections, lowers soybeans

Apr. 9, 2019 at 6:09 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Updated supply/demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture came largely in line with expectations, with larger U.S. and world corn and wheat stocks and slight downward revisions to soybean carryout numbers. Expected U.S. corn ending stocks for the current marketing year were raised by 200 million bushels, […]

By MarketsFarm Team

CBOT weekly outlook: Weather, flooding are main focus

Apr. 3, 2019 at 1:57 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — This spring’s weather and flooding in the United States have become the main focus for traders at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), said an analyst. “What kind of planting conditions, how much rain, how much flooding, and how cold things are,” listed Steve Georgy, president of Allendale […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm