The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has issued a dire warning about the deteriorating state of food security for the people remaining under siege in Ukraine. The alert […] Read more
Wheat
Opinion: No quick fixes for rising global food insecurity
Feed weekly outlook: Seeding on time in southern Alberta
MarketsFarm — As southern Alberta still reels from the effects of last summer’s drought, one trader expects spring seeding for feed grains to be on time. “I think it should […] Read more
EU crops to face some challenges in 2022-23
MarketsFarm — Total grain production in the European Union is expected to decrease overall by 2.4 per cent in 2022-23, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture attachés throughout the multi-nation […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn edges higher as traders eye Midwest weather
Soybean, wheat futures weak
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose on Thursday, briefly hitting a fresh 10-year high, on forecasts for more showers that will further delay planting in the rain-soaked Midwest, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soyoil futures rally to record high
Corn hits highest since August 2012
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to a record high on Wednesday after Indonesia broadened its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to fight food inflation, […] Read more
Ukrainian farmers don bulletproof vests to plough frontline fields
Zaporizhzhia | Reuters — Ukrainian farmers in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, which borders the frontline of the military conflict with Russia, are now wearing body armour to plough their […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT corn, wheat up on concerns about U.S. crops
Chicago soybean futures fall
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures rose on Tuesday, supported by concerns that adverse weather in key production areas would limit the size of harvests this year, […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT soyoil futures fall from highs; pull soybeans lower
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soyoil futures fell on Monday, retreating from all-time highs after Indonesia’s agriculture ministry said that crude palm oil shipments would be excluded […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: Red spring falls back, durum rises
U.S. wheat futures down on week
MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Prairies during the week ended Thursday incurred moderate losses in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) while durum (CWAD) […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soyoil surges on Indonesia export ban
Soybean, corn futures sag on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soyoil futures surged to all-time highs on Friday after Indonesia blocked exports of palm oil, a competing vegetable oil, but soybean and corn futures fell […] Read more