Crops
ICE Futures canola contracts remained in a steady uptrend during the week ended April 16 despite the ongoing global tariff uncertainty, hitting their highest levels of the past year on a nearby weekly chart.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Tightening supplies supportive
Futures working to ration demand
CBOT Weekly: Easter rains could spring delays on planting progress
Trump a wildcard
With the United States weather forecast calling for rain on April 18 and 21, planting progress could come to a quick stop, said broker Scott Capinegro of AgMarket.net in Chicago.
Pulse Weekly: No delays so far prior to seeding
Conditions on track for pulse planting
Conditions are looking good in Manitoba just weeks prior to pulse seeding, according to Manitoba government pulse specialist Dennis Lange.
APK-Inform issues Ukraine forecast for 2025/26
Cold snap halts spring seeding
As spring planting continues in Ukraine, its agriculture ministry and consultancy APK-Inform issued their respective crop forecasts. The reports were issued just as Ukraine was still in a bitter cold snap that brought snow to most parts of the country.
Trade instability likely to tighten 2025 crop profit margins says FCC
Farmers in both west and east unlikely to deviate much on seeded acres of canola, wheat, soy and corn despite volatility
Tight margins could get tighter amid trade instability as farmers prepare to seed this year’s crop, say Farm Credit Canada economists.
Uruguay’s soybean contributions rank 11th in the world
Most often when one thinks of South American soybeans, Brazil and Argentina spring to mind. After all, they are the number one and three soybean producers in the world. But Uruguay is among three other somewhat significant soybean growers on the continent.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Movement in cash prices mixed
Most spring wheat rises, durum slightly lower
While Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mostly higher during the week ended April 10, those for amber durum eased back.
Global rapeseed/canola production dips in April report
USDA lowers output for EU, India
World production of rapeseed/canola for 2024/25 was trimmed by almost 0.53 per cent on April 10, when the United States Department of Agriculture released its World Agricultural Production report.
CBOT Weekly: April S/D report generates few changes
Trump tariffs on, off days prior to report
Very little changed in the monthly supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture on April 10 from its March estimates, including the note at the top stating the data considered the trade policies at the time of publication.
European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains
U.S. trade war could make EU wheat more attractive to China
European Union soft wheat is set to benefit from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, consultancy Strategie Grains said, as it raised its output estimates for all major EU cereals this year due to improved growing conditions.
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