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(Photo courtesy Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan)

Saskatchewan canary seed crops may not recover

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm August 15, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm –– Canary seed crop yields may be hampered by dry early summer conditions, and rain that didn’t come quite soon enough. Saskatchewan’s west-central region, home to the lion’s share of the province’s canary seed crops, received very little rain during the spring and early summer. “That area was beyond recovery when the rain finally […] Read more

CBOT December 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn plunges most in three years on crop estimate surprises

By Barbara Smith August 12, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell nearly six per cent on Monday, their biggest drop in more than three years, after the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast a bigger-than-expected harvest. USDA forecast the 2019-20 corn crop at 13.901 billion bushels, above the 13.875 billion bushels expected in July. A Reuters poll of analysts […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

By Tom Polansek July 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures extended losses on Tuesday as crops in the U.S. Midwest were poised to benefit from rains, traders said. Technical selling and better-than-expected U.S. Department of Agriculture crop condition ratings added pressure on prices. Showers in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi Delta temporarily eased concerns about […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

By Barbara Smith June 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose for a second straight day on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the condition of U.S. crops deteriorated last week following rain, although gains were pared late in the session on improving weather. Soybeans turned lower on forecasts for a window of warmer and drier […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

By P.J. Huffstutter June 7, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures notched a fourth weekly gain on Friday — even after closing the day down 1.27 per cent — as lack of rain in Russia raised concerns over reduced yields in the world’s top exporter of the grain. Support also came from fears of production losses […] Read more

Vegetation growth index for the Prairie provinces compared to average as of May 26. (CCAP)

Crops, Weather

Canadian crop development behind average

By MarketsFarm Team June 4, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Crop development is running behind average across much of Canada, with excessive moisture delaying seeding in Ontario and dryness slowing crop development across the Prairies. That’s according to the latest satellite data from the federal Crop Condition Assessment Program (CCAP), created in partnership between Statistics Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Crop development […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Big crop keeps market under pressure

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 25, 2018

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada’s canola contracts were up and down during the week ended Wednesday, lacking any clear direction as values consolidated above the nine-month lows set the previous week. “Canola is a follower and does not have a mind of its own,” said analyst Wayne Palmer of Agri-Trend. The underlying fundamentals were […] Read more

Chickpeas. (CalypsoArt/iStock/Getty Images)

Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 18, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian farmers planted their largest chickpea crop in more than a decade in 2018, with the bigger crop likely to lead to a wider price spread between larger- and smaller-calibre supplies. Statistics Canada has placed chickpea acreage for 2018 at 468,900 acres, which would be well above the 160,000 acres planted in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soybeans end near decade low as trade war deepens

By Karl Plume July 11, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures dropped to contract lows on Wednesday and the most active contract closed at the lowest in nearly 10 years as an escalating trade war with China stoked worries about long-term export demand from the world’s top importer of the oilseed. Favourable crop weather in the U.S. Midwest weighed […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Water Management Research Unit, ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on favourable weather

By Karl Plume July 10, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell to contract lows on Tuesday on forecasts for crop-boosting rain and milder temperatures in the heart of the U.S. corn belt, with three-quarters of the nation’s crop already in good-to-excellent shape. Wheat futures tumbled more than three per cent on dull export demand and improving spring wheat […] Read more

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Tag Archives crop conditions

Saskatchewan canary seed crops may not recover

U.S. grains: Corn plunges most in three years on crop estimate surprises

U.S. grains: Corn, soy slip on rains, crop ratings

U.S. grains: Corn up as crop ratings ease

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Canadian crop development behind average

ICE weekly outlook: Big crop keeps market under pressure

Pulse weekly outlook: Wider price spreads likely with big chickpea crop ahead

U.S. grains: Soybeans end near decade low as trade war deepens

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on favourable weather

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