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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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

Winnipeg | Reuters -- Thick ice on Eastern Canada's waterways will hamper efforts to clear a massive crop backlog, with the Port of Thunder Bay likely to open at least a week later than usual this spring, its chief executive said Thursday. Ice in the port's harbour on Lake Superior is about four feet thick,[...]

Winnipeg | Reuters -- Ontario's move to protect bees by reducing use of a pesticide seed treatment may diminish corn and soybean production, seed companies said on Wednesday. Beekeepers welcomed the move by Ontario, the first North American government to curb use of seed treated with neonicotinoids, which are used to kill insects that harm[...]

Canadian corn is flowing to U.S. ethanol plants and feed suppliers in larger than usual volumes, with up to one million tonnes expected in 2012-13, as a large Ontario crop backfills demand after last year's severe U.S. drought. Canada is normally a net importer of corn, feeding Eastern Canada's pigs and poultry and supplying Ontario[...]

The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Co-operative (IFFCO), one of India's largest fertilizer makers, plans to build a $1.2 billion nitrogen fertilizer plant with a partner in Quebec to cash in on strong North American demand. IFFCO and La Coop federee said Tuesday they plan to begin construction at Becancour, Que., across the St. Lawrence River from[...]

Bigger Canadian production of corn and soybeans this year stands to backfill a small part of U.S. demand for those crops, after the Midwest drought slashed U.S. production. Canada is a minor producer of both crops on the global stage. The Midwest drought also extended to Ontario, curtailing potential production of corn and soybeans in[...]