Canola acres are estimated at anywhere from 21 million to 22.7 million, which compares with 22.1 million acres in 2023.

Crop plans, grain markets countdown to spring

Expert’s Radar: Recent snowfall eases some moisture worries as thoughts turn to spring

March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb, according to the old saying that alludes to the idea that storms early in the month are often followed by milder spring weather as the calendar turns to April. Much of Western Canada welcomed snow in early March and the moisture eased some












Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

U.S. grains: Wheat sags to 3-1/2-year low

Corn, soy firm ahead of USDA data

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures ended mostly lower on Thursday with the benchmark contract Wv1 tumbling to a fresh 3-1/2-year low late in the session after China cancelled a purchase of U.S. wheat and Egypt scrapped an international purchase tender, traders said.