Days before Statistics Canada presents its monthly principal field crop estimates, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released its estimates on Aug. 20, showing some changes to grains from the month before.
Nearly three dozen North American agriculture groups, in a joint letter to the U.S. and Canadian governments today, urged action to avoid a rail stoppage.
Chicago soybean futures rallied on Monday, recovering from nearly four-year lows as traders waited to see if a major field tour this week will support expectations of bumper U.S. yields.
Chicago Board of Trade soybeans and corn futures turned lower on Friday, with both also notching a third weekly loss, as farmers kept clearing out their grain bins ahead of a U.S. harvest that is forecast to see massive yields, traders said.
s the harvesting of fall crops in Alberta exceeded the halfway point, the combining of the province’s spring cereals was just beginning, according to the latest Alberta crop report.
Cash wheat prices for Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat, and Canadian Western Amber Durum were mixed for the week ended Aug. 15. The futures market in the United States saw gains in Minneapolis spring wheat and losses for Chicago and Kansas City winter wheat.
Ukraine has completed the 2024 wheat harvest, threshing 21.7 million metric tons of wheat from about 4.8 million hectares, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) live and feeder cattle futures eased on Thursday, as generally quiet cash market and a strengthening U.S. dollar left cattle futures in a range-bound trade, traders said.
Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended lower on Thursday as cheap Black Sea exports kept weighing on the market, which had risen overnight on a rally sparked by a Russian attack on Ukrainian port infrastructure.