Winter rapeseed production in France is likely to fall below three million tonnes for the first time in 20 years.

France sees rebound in winter barley crop, rapeseed at 20-year low

Winter barley production in France is expected to rebound sharply this year on the back of above-average yields, but the rapeseed crop is seen shrinking to a 20-year low after a decline in area, the Farm Ministry said recently. In its first production forecasts for 2021, the ministry projected the winter barley crop at 7.74

CBOT July 2021 soybeans with Bollinger (20,2) bands. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Corn tops $6 a bushel, soy at seven-year high

CBOT wheat also books life-of-contract high

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed to their highest in nearly eight years on Tuesday and soybean futures neared a seven-year high as tightening supplies supported cash markets and attracted speculative buying, analysts said. Worries about dry conditions curbing corn yields in Brazil and cold weather slowing germination of the 2021 U.S. crop


Strategie Grains cuts EU rapeseed crop forecast again

Strategie Grains has lowered its forecast for the 2021 rapeseed harvest in the EU for the second month in a row and is monitoring the risk of localized damage to crops from wintry weather this week, the consultancy said April 6. In a monthly oilseed report, the French firm reduced its outlook for this year’s

France’s farmers digging up rapeseed fields after damage

Most of the wrecked acres are expected to go into barley

Rapeseed crops in France have suffered from cold snaps and pest attacks to the extent that a significant number of fields will be reseeded with other crops, although it is too early to quantify, French farm office FranceAgriMer said March 10. This comes as worldwide supplies of the oilseed crop are already scarce, helping to


Coceral cuts EU and U.K. soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts

Coceral cuts EU and U.K. soft wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts

Grain trade association Coceral has cut its forecast of soft wheat production in the European Union and Britain to 141.5 million tonnes from 143.0 million seen in December but still well above last year’s harvest of 128.2 million tonnes. The reduction mainly stemmed from lower than previously expected sowings in Germany, Italy, and Hungary, it

EU rapeseed harvest begins with modest crop expected

Rapeseed harvesting has started in the European Union with the market expecting a small crop like last year, though recent rain could boost yields after a tough growing season. Crops have endured torrential autumn rain, insect pressure after a mild winter and a very dry start to spring. The adverse conditions have led analysts to



File photo of a chickpea crop in India. (Nikhil Patil/iStock/Getty Images)

Unseasonal rain, hail damage winter crops in India

Crop quality issues may pressure prices

New Delhi | Reuters — Unseasonal torrential rains and hailstorms have damaged the winter-planted crops of millions of Indian growers, inundating wheat, potato, chickpea and rapeseed farms in large parts of the fertile northern plains, farmers said. Most farmers were caught by surprise by the repeated rain and hail that has lashed fields full of


(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

USDA adjusts world rapeseed stocks estimates

Canadian carryout pegged above AAFC's estimate

MarketsFarm — World rapeseed ending stocks are forecast to tighten slightly in 2019-20 compared to earlier projections, according to an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agriculture Service. The Oilseeds: World Markets and Trade report pegged world rapeseed carryout for the current marketing year at 6.307 million tonnes, down from the February estimate