Crops & Crop Production Guide

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

Cereals, Corn, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit three-month high on US-China trade deal, USDA report

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters May 12, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago soybean futures notched a three-month high on Monday as a truce in the U.S.-China trade war and a bullish U.S. Department of Agriculture report helped prices recover to pre-trade war levels, traders and analysts said.

Corn, Crops, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Tighter-than-expected stocks for 2025-26 corn, soybeans: USDA

USDA gives first glance at 2025-26 estimates

By Adam Peleshaty May 12, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States Department of Agriculture unveiled its estimates for the 2025-26 crop year in its May world agricultural supply/demand estimates released May 12.

‘Low yields, good quality’ have been the story of this organic growing year. Photo: Thinkstock

Markets, News, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

New Chicago spring wheat futures make thin trade thinner

Trading volumes a fraction of Minneapolis spring wheat

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 9, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute The CME Group's new Chicago spring wheat futures may be diluting an already thin market, says analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, North Dakota.

Crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report: Seeding ahead of average pace

18 per cent of Saskatchewan crop planted

By Adam Peleshaty May 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Saskatchewan farmers have already seeded 18 per cent of the province's projected crop as of May 5, well ahead of historical averages due to dry weather.

Research based on the financial statements of almost 3,000 Illinois corn and soybean farmers suggests farmers in aggregate are likely to sell four per cent more of their stored grain every time capital costs go up by one per cent. Photo: File

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Lentils, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Sharp drop in canola stocks

StatCan releases grain stocks as of March 31 report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 8, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Statistics Canada reported total canola stocks have plummeted over the last year. The federal agency released its grain stocks as of March 31 report on May 8. Also in the StatCan report, all wheat stocks declined moderately and there were other significant changes.

One commodity group in Vancouver said its feed barley was about C$8 per bushel for Alberta. Photo: File

Barley, Crops

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices steady before anticipated drops

Few prices changes in May, but declines to come this summer

By Adam Peleshaty May 8, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes There were few price changes for feed grains at the start of May, according to an Alberta-based trader. However, seasonal trends will pressure prices in the coming months.

Canola, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: ‘Toppy’ market watching weather

Squeeze possible for old crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 7, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Tight supplies could send old crop canola futures higher before the new crop harvest, but values were showing signs of running into resistance in early May.

Barley, Canola, Cereals, Corn, Forages, Hay, Markets, News, Oats, Peas, Pulses, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Seeding in Manitoba picking up the pace

Most fields still have good soil moisture

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 7, 2025

Reading Time: < 1 minute Overall spring planting in Manitoba reached eight per cent complete as of May 6, with some areas of the province much further along, the latest provincial crop report said.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Cereals, Corn, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CBOT Weekly: Keep an eye on demand in S/D report

Demand for U.S. corn, planted acres could change

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 7, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Demand will be the main thing to watch when the United States Department of Agriculture releases its May supply and demand report next week.

Demand for organic pulses had been steadily rising before the COVID-19 outbreak, but supply chains are prepared to meet the new demand. Photo: File

Lentils, Peas, Pulses

Pulse Weekly: Seeding begins in Saskatchewan

More lentils, fewer peas anticipated

By Adam Peleshaty May 6, 2025

Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulse seeding has already begun in Saskatchewan with the dry south putting in lentils, while other parts of the province make preparations.

Daily Network News

Klassen: Feeder market remains firm

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea found on a southern Alberta farm

Indonesia opens market to Canadian pork, expands beef access