Ottawa | Reuters – Canada’s exports rose in September, largely driven by better wheat volumes and prices, while imports were also up, with both import and export values impacted by the depreciation of the Canadian dollar, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. The country’s trade surplus with the world widened to C$1.14 billion ($827.4 million) in […] Read more
Canada’s exports rise in September as wheat volumes rebound
Canadian canola oil content up in 2022: Preliminary CGC data
The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop edged higher in 2022 compared to the previous year, according to preliminary data from the Canadian Grain Commission released Nov. 1. Oil content for number one quality canola across Western Canada ranged from 34.9 to 49.2 per cent, with the average coming in at 42.7 per cent. […] Read more
Nutrien cuts 2022 profit forecast again on lower potash prices
Reuters – Nutrien Ltd NTR.TO on Wednesday cut its full-year adjusted earnings forecast for the second time this year as potash prices decline, sending the shares of the world’s biggest fertilizer maker down nearly 5 per cent in extended trading. The company also missed third-quarter profit estimates, hurt by cooling prices of crop nutrients as farmers cut fertilizer application […] Read more
Brazil moves closer to China corn exports as Beijing approves traders
Beijing/Sao Paulo | Reuters – Chinese customs updated its list of approved Brazilian corn exporters on Wednesday, a move a Brazilian agriculture official said could jumpstart sales of corn to the world’s second-largest economy. The approvals could reshape global trade flows and result in fewer sales for farmers in the United States, the world’s top corn supplier. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat slumps as Russia says it will resume Black Sea grain deal
Paris/Chicago | Reuters – Wheat futures plummeted from Chicago to Europe on Wednesday after Russia said it would resume its participation in a deal to export grain from war-torn Ukraine, a reversal of its weekend decision to pull out of the deal in a move that had sent wheat futures surging higher. Corn followed wheat lower on the Black Sea […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Watch for canola to climb higher
MarketsFarm – There’s the possibility of the nearby January canola contract reaching upwards to C$1,000 per tonne, according Winnipeg-based analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain. “I think you got canola somewhere in the winter months maybe trading close to $1,000 again in January,” he said. Palmer placed his suggestion on the sharp upticks that soyoil […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Russian flip-flop upsets markets, little change after Fed announcement
MarketsFarm – A pair of announcements affected the Chicago Board of Trade by different magnitudes on Nov. 2. Four days after Russian officials said the country was pulling out of an agreement to allow Ukrainian grain shipments on the Black Sea, the Russian government announced on Nov. 2 it changed its mind and will re-enter […] Read more
Manitoba nets average crops in 2022 after wet spring
MarketsFarm – Wet spring conditions delayed seeding operations across much of Manitoba to start the 2022 growing season, but warm summer conditions allowed for good development with yields for most crops showing a marked improvement over the drought-stricken 2021 harvest, according to the final crop report of the season from Manitoba Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop […] Read more
U.S. corn farmers wary of vomitoxin, latest stress on global grain supplies
Chicago | Reuters – A fungus that causes “vomitoxin” has been found in some U.S. corn harvested this fall, causing headaches for growers and livestock producers and forcing ethanol plants and grain elevators to scrutinize grain deliveries. The situation is another hit to global grain supplies that have sunk to the lowest in a decade since Russia […] Read more
Ukraine grain export deal back on as Russia resumes participation
Ankara/Kyiv | Reuters – Russia said on Wednesday it would resume its participation in a deal freeing up grain exports from war-torn Ukraine, reversing a move that world leaders had said threatened to exacerbate global hunger. Moscow announced the sudden reversal after Turkey and the United Nations helped keep Ukrainian grain flowing for several days […] Read more
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