Reading Time: 2 minutes The renowned Alberta scientist celebrated three decades of agricultural innovation and the pioneering of the GEM framework at the 2026 Farming Smarter Conference.
Half a million plots and a lifetime of impact: Dr. Brian Beres wins Orville Yanke Award
The renowned Alberta scientist celebrated three decades of agricultural innovation and the pioneering of the GEM framework at the 2026 Farming Smarter Conference
Can we trust the USDA crop data anymore?
Staff cuts to the U.S. Department of Agriculture seen as main culprit after corn acres got sudden rework
Reading Time: 2 minutes Indications that farmers, analysts and traders have started to lose trust in U.S. Department of Agriculture data are hardly a surprise.
Feed Grain Weekly: Corn affecting barley prices in Lethbridge
Corn imports entering Lethbridge have lowered prices for feed barley compared to those in Edmonton.
U.S. grains: Soybeans turn higher as traders weigh China demand; wheat climbs
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures turned higher on Wednesday on technical buying and continued hopes of stronger Chinese demand, analysts said, with the benchmark contract heading back toward a two-month peak set last week. Wheat rose on what appeared to be fund-driven short-covering, while corn futures sagged in choppy trade. Chicago Board of […] Read more
CBOT weekly: Little chance of February rally in corn/soybeans
Updated supply demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture, released Feb. 10, included only minor adjustments and provided little direction for the corn and soybean markets headed through the slow February trading period.
U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on export optimism; corn, wheat nearly flat
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soybean futures rose about one per cent on Tuesday on optimism about demand for U.S. supplies, analysts said, but stayed below a two-month high set last week. Corn settled flat to firmer after the U.S. Department of Agriculture in a monthly report raised its forecast of U.S. corn exports for […] Read more
Only small adjustments in latest USDA supply/demand estimates
Corn ending stocks in the United States for 2025/26 will be slightly tighter than earlier expectations, but still record-large, according to updated supply/demand tables from the U.S. Department of Agriculture released Feb. 10.
U.S. grains: Soy futures pull back as Brazil harvest advances
Chicago | Reuters – U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday on profit taking after a rally last week drove prices to a two-month high well above $11 a bushel, tied to U.S. President Donald Trump’s remarks that China may buy more beans from the United States. The expanding harvest of a record-large Brazilian soybean crop […] Read more
Funds exiting short positions in canola
Speculative fund traders reduced their net short position in canola futures for the fourth straight week in the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released Friday.
U.S. grains: Soybeans continue gains on Trump’s China comments
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybeans continued a three-day rally on Friday, fuelled by President Donald Trump’s remarks on Wednesday that China would buy more U.S. soybeans. Corn and wheat chopped up and down, though ample global supply continued to curb grain prices while traders turned their attention to a U.S. Department […] Read more
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