Crops
MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some strength in recent weeks, despite the advancing harvest. “We’ve been seeing a rally through harvest, which is an odd […] Read more
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Crops
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain bids see surprising harvest strength
U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall from two-month highs amid broad sell-off
USDA resumes weekly export sales data
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures closed lower on Thursday, with profit-taking dragging wheat down from two-month highs, traders said. Broad-based selling added pressure on prices as […] Read more
Tar spot and fungicide application timings
OMAFRA Field Crop Report for the week of September 14
Although tar spot was detected in Ontario in the first week of July the past two years, 2022 is much different than 2021 and shows the importance of environmental conditions […] Read more
U.S. railroad strike averted
Biden calls deal a 'win for America;' strike's impact would have reached up into Canada
Updated | Washington | Reuters — Major U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal on Thursday after 20 hours of intense talks brokered by President Joe Biden’s administration to […] Read more
U.S. rail embargoes may stymie some Canadian rail traffic
CN halts most cross-border traffic; CP also monitoring situation
Mindful of the potential for snarls on their own tracks, Canada’s big two railways are monitoring talks between a clutch of major U.S. railways and several of their labour unions […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures continue trending lower
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended Wednesday, but the general trend remains pointed lower. “Whenever canola rebounds, it doesn’t go as high,” […] Read more
StatCan’s canola call in line with expectations
Agency also boosts wheat projection
MarketsFarm — While Statistics Canada (StatCan) cut its projection for canola production in 2022-23 by 400,000 tonnes, FarmLink Marketing Solutions senior analyst Neil Townsend said the number could go lower. […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: USDA report affecting corn, soybean prices
MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) monthly world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE), released Monday, have since played a major role on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), one […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn down on technical setback
Chicago December wheat rises
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures fell on Wednesday on a round of technical selling as traders adjusted their positions following a market rally sparked by the […] Read more
U.S. railways to halt grain shipments ahead of potential shutdown
Fall fertilizer traffic also at risk
Chicago | Reuters — Some U.S. railroads will start halting crop shipments on Thursday, a day ahead of a potential work stoppage, an agricultural association and sources at two grain […] Read more
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