File photo of a rapeseed field in southern China’s Yunnan province. (YuenWu/iStock/Getty Images)

USDA attaché alters call on China’s ending stocks

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the July world supply and demand estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Tuesday, the department’s attaché in Beijing put forth its forecast changes. The attaché lowered ending stocks for China’s new-crop soybeans and rapeseed, while it increased the carryover for new-crop corn and wheat, in reports released


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Prairie cash wheat: Prices take a hard hit

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were down hard for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheats incurred sharp losses as prices tumbled in U.S. markets. Additional pressure came from Statistics Canada’s report on planting intentions for 2022-23. The




CBOT September 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with 50- and 100-day moving averages (black and dark green lines), MGEX September 2022 spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. September 2022 hard red wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds four per cent as recession jitters abate

Corn, soybeans up two per cent after also hitting multi-month lows

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures surged four per cent on Thursday, recovering from a 4-1/2-month low a day earlier, as recession fears in financial markets eased. Soybean futures climbed three per cent and corn rose two per cent in their own moves away from multi-month lows touched in the previous


Greece offers ships to export grain from blocked Ukrainian ports, NATO says

Greece offers ships to export grain from blocked Ukrainian ports, NATO says

Commercial maritime superpower says it has “special role” to play in effort

Greece is willing to provide ships to help export grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports that have been blocked by Russia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said June 29. Ukraine is one of the top global wheat suppliers, but shipments have been halted by Russia’s invasion, causing global food shortages. The United Nations has appealed to

Two striped grasshopper with wing buds.

Now is the time to scout for grasshoppers

Early identification and control can prevent damage, reduce costs

Manitoba Agriculture entomologist John Gavloski says 2022 might be a good year to bone up on grasshopper identification. “We’ve been over this in the past, but being a grasshopper year, it doesn’t hurt to refresh on grasshopper ID,” he said. Grasshopper nymph feeding damage has been reported in many crops in the southwest and central



CBOT December 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures up off multi-month lows

Chicago wheat settles lower

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rebounded on Wednesday after tumbling to multi-month lows as fears about a global recession fueled liquidation in commodity markets, analysts said. Bargain buying helped support prices following recent sell-offs by funds that were seen as overdone, analysts said. Traders remain uncertain about the