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Crop revenue ‘mowed down’ by falling prices

Producers can expect a profitability pinch compared to last year

By Robert Arnason January 15, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia – Last year was the most expensive crop to ever be planted on the Prairies. In 2024, farmers will spend less on fertilizer, diesel and other inputs, but costs are only marginally lower, said Darren Bond, a farm management specialist with Manitoba Agriculture, “The crop this year … the cost of putting in

Tour attendees examine hemp plots in 2017.  photos:ALEXIS STOCKFORD

Crops, News

Pushing the crop comfort zone

The winners and losers of WADO's experimental crop trials

By Gord Leathers January 15, 2024

Rice in Manitoba was a disaster. In 2012, in the Banana Belt region of the province near Melita, the staff at the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) seeded a plot of dry rice to see if they could bring it to harvest. The project fit with their role in Manitoba’s agricultural sphere: They risk the wreck, so

Corn ZCH24 on Jan. 12 with 20-day moving average. (Barchart)

Markets

U.S. grains: Corn plunges on robust supplies, sluggish US demand

Soybeans fell to lowest price in 26 months on larger Brazilian crops, U.S. yield

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters January 12, 2024

Chicago corn futures plunged to a three-year low on Friday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that U.S. corn stocks swelled to their highest levels since 2018

Markets

US corn stocks swell as world recovers from tighter supplies

Global corn ending stocks are projected to hit a six-year high in 2023/34

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Tom Polansek January 12, 2024

U.S. corn inventories last month swelled to their largest level since 2018, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Friday, as global supplies recover from multi-year lows.

FCC’s top economic charts to monitor in 2024

Downward trends for cattle, swine herds; positive bent to feed, fertilizer affordability

By GFM Network News January 12, 2024

As we start the new year amid elevated inflation and major headwinds facing the economy, here are our top charts to help make sense of the economic environment for farm operations, agribusinesses and food processors.

The Chicago Board of Trade building on May 28, 2018. (Harmantasdc/iStock Editorial/Getty Images)

Markets

U.S. grains: Soy futures near two-year lows as traders await US crop reports

Corn futures eased; wheat futures also slumped

By GFM Network News, Reuters, Tom Polansek January 11, 2024

Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures ended flat on Thursday and remained near their lowest level since December 2021 amid lackluster demand for U.S. exports and an improved South American supply outlook.

Crops, Markets

IGC raises wheat, corn, cuts soybeans

IGC upped projected total grain ending stocks to 590.2 million tonnes

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm January 11, 2024

As the world’s supply of grain for 2023/24 was increased to 2.307 billion tonnes, the International Grain Council bumped its projections for wheat and corn, while trimming those for soybeans.

Crops

Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

SaskCanola and SaskFlax have been sharing offices, admin for about a year

By Geralyn Wichers, GFM Network News January 11, 2024

Producer support for the merge of SaskCanola and SaskFlax was "overwhelming," the groups said in a Jan. 10 news release. The organizations held a joint annual general meeting to share results of member feedback before taking the issue to a vote. The vote passed with "widespread approval," the release said.

Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on demand concerns, Brazilian crop outlook

Corn, wheat futures were steady to up

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter, Reuters January 10, 2024

Chicago soybean futures fell on Wednesday, shedding gains from the previous session, amid growing market concerns about export demand and improving weather for Brazil's oilseed crop.

“Pods can look dramatically different, either riper or less ripe, than the actual seeds, so we need to be cracking open those pods and looking at the seeds.”
Photo: Greg Berg

Crops, Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Possible support uncovered

Chicago soyoil has shown some stability, underpinning canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 10, 2024

The ICE Futures canola market hit fresh contract lows to start 2024 but may have finally uncovered some support.

Daily Network News

New strategies needed for Canadian agriculture to stand out in global trade

Feed Grains Weekly: Cash prices for wheat, barley largely flat

The Canadian GMO mustard wars: Dijon vs canola

Oilseeds

Crop revenue ‘mowed down’ by falling prices

Pushing the crop comfort zone

U.S. grains: Corn plunges on robust supplies, sluggish US demand

US corn stocks swell as world recovers from tighter supplies

FCC’s top economic charts to monitor in 2024

U.S. grains: Soy futures near two-year lows as traders await US crop reports

IGC raises wheat, corn, cuts soybeans

Sask. canola, flax groups vote to merge

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall on demand concerns, Brazilian crop outlook

ICE canola weekly outlook: Possible support uncovered

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