Crops

CN and CP Rail supplied a combined 93% of hopper cars ordered in grain week 34, an improvement from the previous week’s 91% and the best performance seen for the two railways combined since week 5 in late August. It reflects an improvement in performance for CN while CP performance was unchanged from the prior […]

The Global Pulse Confederation says that chickpeas are expected to be in short supply around the world over the next six months. Hot and dry weather in India cut production prospects for that country’s kabuli chickpea crop. Production out of Mexico also failed to meet expectations. As a result, the world kabuli market is out […]

According to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, managed money fund traders are finally covering their bearish bets, after hitting the largest speculative short position in canola on record. As of March 28th, the net managed money short position in canola futures came in at 63,005 contracts, a decline […]

Farmers need to do their part to make sure their grain will be ready for market, come harvest time. And the reality is that the onus of that increased scrutiny falls directly into the laps of farmers. The Keep it Clean program is designed to help farmers deal with that burden. It’s a joint initiative of the Canola […]

The US Department of Agriculture released its prospective plantings report on Friday.  It says U.S. farmers are aiming to expand plantings of corn, wheat and soybeans this year, as the ongoing war in Ukraine keeps global supplies tight. But analysts say adverse planting conditions are likely to trim back the expansion in some northern U.S. states as […]

Global grain trader Viterra’s management team in Russia plans to create an independent Russian grain exporter once the company ceases export activities in the country. Viterra — whose owners include mining and trading giant Glencore and the investment management firm for the Canada Pension Plan — has decided not to continue its origination and export […]

The Saskatchewan Wheat Development Commission (Sask Wheat) has committed over $467,000 to four research projects funded through the Alberta Agriculture Funding Consortium (AFC) in the 2022-2023 crop year. “The projects Sask Wheat funded through the AFC program address key issues that are important to Saskatchewan wheat producers such as efficient fertilizer application and studying herbicide […]

Cargill says it will take a further step back from the Russian market by stopping handling Russian grain from its export terminal from July, although its shipping unit will continue to carry grain from Russian ports. Most international grain traders have stopped new investment in Russia since last year following Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine […]

Six farmers from southeast Missouri find themselves at odds with Bayer CropScience after allegedly saving and subsequently planting soybean seed that contained the company’s Roundup Ready 2 Xtend technology. Bayer also alleges that four of the six growers illegally applied dicamba formulations not approved for over-the-top (OTT) use on Xtend soybeans and did so after […]

As the rally in canola on ICE Futures continued yesterday, an analyst stressed it’s not when this upswing ends, but where. David Derwin of PI Financial in Winnipeg spoke of when canola prices were falling, and they broke through that psychological barrier of $800 per tonne on their way down. Derwin says that would be a natural place […]