Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian chickpeas saw stable prices and its largest crop in two decades.
Pulse Weekly: Steady prices, high production for chickpeas
Funds held large net short in canola before U.S. shutdown
Reading Time: < 1 minute Speculative fund traders were adding to a recently-established net short position in canola at the end of September, said the first Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since the end of the U.S. federal government shutdown.
IGC raises 2025/26 world wheat, corn crop forecasts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Global stocks of grain are set to increase during the 2025/26 season for the first time in four years, the International Grains Council said on Thursday as it raised its forecasts for both wheat and corn crops.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to remain rangebound
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola futures are poised to slip back in the short term, although the oilseed could climb slowly higher in the long term, said Jamie Wilton, trader with R.J. O’Brien in Winnipeg, Man.
CBOT weekly: Soybeans watching export news
Reading Time: < 1 minute Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade climbed to their highest levels in a year-and-a-half on Nov. 18, as optimism over increasing sales to China provided support. However, more business will be needed to sustain the upward move, with traders uncertain whether the stated targets will be reached.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat mixed, durum lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian spring wheat prices were mixed, while durum prices were down on Nov. 18, 2025.
Coalition pledges funds for barley variety development
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Barley Research Coalition has pledged nearly $1.15 million in funding to work with Agriculture Agri-Food Canada on the development of new barley varieties.
Brazil to reap record soy crop in 2025/2026, increase exports
Reading Time: < 1 minute Brazil’s Conab said the country will reap a record soybean crop of 177.6 million tons in the 2025/2026 harvest year, according to data released on Thursday.
Argentina’s “mega” wheat crop to hit record level, exchange says
Reading Time: < 1 minute Argentina’s 2025/26 wheat crop is projected to reach a record level, the Rosario Grains Exchange said on Wednesday, as the crop records higher yields during the ongoing harvest.
ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canola futures could be affected by trade progress between Canada and China as well as the USDA’s November supply and demand estimates.
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