Saskatchewan farmers made good harvest progress during the week ended Sep. 2, according to the latest provincial crop report. An estimated 42 per cent of the 2024 crop was harvested across the province, which was up from 25 per cent the previous week and ahead of the five-year average of 34 per cent done. The […] Read more
Saskatchewan farmers making good harvest progress: report
Feed Weekly: More grain to enter feed markets
Feed barley and feed wheat are in no short supply on the Prairies, according to Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, Alta. He has recently seen light test-weight barley and wheat coming from various places in Western Canada being shipped to feedlots. Beusekom added the feed grains were coming from “almost everywhere […] Read more
Ukraine says peace summit follow-up meeting tackles food security
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine said 75 countries and international organizations have agreed a “shared vision” of measures to ensure the uninterrupted supply of Ukrainian agricultural products and help global food security, a major concern following Russia’s 2022 invasion. The presidential office said an online meeting of representatives of the countries and organizations, held as […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn rise on weather risks, wheat up on short covering
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago soy futures rose on Wednesday on support from short-covering and weather risks. Corn on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rose on spillover support from soy futures while wheat increased as harvest pressure eased and traders covered short positions. Industry players have been assessing whether overly dry weather in the U.S. […] Read more
CBOT Weekly: Soybeans, corn off lows, sideways trade likely through harvest
Soybean, corn and wheat futures in the United States were all showing modest strength in early September, recovering off their August lows as speculators bought back previously sold positions. “We’re seeing a little bit of short covering in these markets and the contract lows, at least over the short term, may be in,” said Terry […] Read more
Manitoba Crop Report: Harvest nearly one-quarter complete
Manitoba’s harvest continued to progress, reaching 24 per cent completion as of Sept. 2 despite light to moderate precipitation in most areas, according to the latest provincial crop report. Combining for winter wheat and fall rye was near complete at 97 per cent with a few fields in the northwest and Interlake regions yet to […] Read more
Drought dominates Ukrainian winter grain sowing fields, forecasters say
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukrainian farmers have started sowing winter grain crops for the 2025 harvest, but the availability of moisture in the soil in most regions of Ukraine is extremely low, state weather forecasters said on Wednesday. In recent years, Ukraine has often experienced a lack of soil moisture during autumn sowing, but farmers […] Read more
U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans gain ground as canola tumbles on Chinese import probe
Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures turned higher on Tuesday, at one point reaching a near four-week high, bolstered by export demand, crop condition concerns and news that China plans to launch an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Canadian canola, traders said. The ICE canola contract for November delivery RSX4 dropped […] Read more
Australian crop production estimates rising: ABARES
Australian wheat and barley production in 2024/25 is expected to be larger than earlier estimates and well above what was grown the previous crop year, according to updated estimates from the Australia’s agriculture department (ABARES). Wheat production was forecast at 31.8 million tonnes in the September ABARES report, which would be up by 2.7 million […] Read more
Ukraine 2024/25 wheat exports to be capped
Kyiv | Reuters – Ukraine’s farm ministry has agreed with traders and agriculture associations to limit wheat exports in the 2024/25 July-June season to 16.2 million metric tons, the ministry said on Tuesday. The government and traders annually sign a memorandum in which officials promise to maintain the existing terms of trade and not restrict […] Read more
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