Winnipeg | Reuters –– Freezing temperatures spread on Friday into Saskatchewan — Canada’s biggest producer of spring wheat and canola — chilling some of the country’s most immature crops. Temperatures dipped to between -3 C and -1 C in parts of Saskatchewan, while other areas stayed above freezing, according to Environment Canada data. Temperatures of […] Read more
Frost spreads to Sask. as harvest lags
Frost hits Alberta crops
Winnipeg | Reuters — Freezing temperatures covered much of Alberta early Thursday, raising the risk of damage to wheat, barley and canola crops that did not fully develop. Overnight temperatures included lows that were just slightly below freezing to well below, according to Environment Canada data. The national weather service reported a low of -6 […] Read more
Rain bogs down Prairies’ wheat, canola harvests
Winnipeg | Reuters — Rain has bogged down Western Canada’s harvest of canola, spring wheat and other crops, while cool temperatures slowed the growth of crops that need to mature before the first significant frost. Most of southern Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have received rain recently, with Manitoba’s Red River valley among the hardest hit […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn drops as rating points to bumper crop
Reuters — Corn futures fell on Tuesday with the U.S. crop reported in the best shape in two decades, reinforcing expectations of a record-large harvest. New-crop soybeans pared losses and Chicago wheat futures turned mostly higher, despite signs of a big U.S. soybean crop on the way and abundant global wheat supplies. The U.S. Agriculture […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slide on outlook for record crops
Reuters — Chicago corn futures fell on Monday after two straight days of gains while soybeans slid to a contract low on forecasts of record crops in the U.S. Wheat also weakened on profit-taking as the focus returned to large global crops. Chicago Board of Trade new-crop December corn fell 1.1 per cent or four […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall after USDA pegs bigger supplies
Reuters — Soybean futures slid on Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture projected that domestic supplies of the oilseed would be bigger than expected at the end of the next marketing year. Chicago wheat futures were pressured by the department’s higher view on global stocks, while corn futures turned higher after USDA estimated lower-than-expected […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat prices slide in see-saw trade
Reuters — U.S. wheat futures dipped on Monday in a see-saw trade on technical selling and easing worries about tensions between wheat-exporting countries Russia and Ukraine. Corn futures moved off contract lows hit earlier this month on a short-covering boost before a highly anticipated government crop report while deferred soybean contracts fell on rains in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat pulls back, registers weekly gain
Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell for a second session on Friday on profit-taking but still ran up nearly three per cent this week, partly on fears of disrupted grain flows from the Black Sea region. New-crop corn fell, while soybeans turned higher and both notched weekly gains after spillover support from wheat helped offset […] Read more
Agrium potash mine to stay shut longer, loss expected
Reuters — Agrium said Thursday it will keep its only potash mine shut for longer than expected after a breakdown last week, and the downtime will cause it to lose $40 million on wholesale potash operations in the second half of this year. The Calgary-based fertilizer and ag retail company halted production at its Vanscoy, […] Read more
Feds extend railway grain volume rules through harvest
Reuters — The Canadian government will require the country’s two big railways to ship more than the current minimum of 1 million tonnes of crops a week through the autumn harvest as it tries to prevent a repeat of last season’s backlog. The regulations announced on Friday in the world’s third-biggest wheat exporter require Canadian […] Read more
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