Diving in to the corn supply/demand question & big opportunities in beans

Brennan Turner, CEO of FarmLead and Combyne Marketplace recently joined Shaun Haney on RealAgriculture to chat about the state of the corn and soybean market as we head into the thick of the U.S. and Canadian crop harvests...

StatsCan drops wheat & pea production estimates in latest satellite-based report

Statistics Canada cut its wheat and pea production estimates — and raised its lentil and soybean projections — in its annual September satellite-based crop report, published on September 14. Read more details from the repo...

Farmland values up slightly in first half of 2020

Average farmland values in Canada crept up an average of 3.7 per cent in the term ending June, 2020, led by growth in Alberta, B.C. and New Brunswick, according to the most recent Farm Credit Canada (FCC) farmland values r...

OMAFRA field crop report – September 17, 2020

Pre-harvest herbicide timing in soybeans

A pre-harvest herbicide treatment can make harvest more efficient when there are an unacceptable number of weeds in a soybean crop. Both conventional and glyphosate tolerant fields that are weedy can benefit from a pre-har...

ICE Close: Canola Steadies after Recent Gains

Warm, Dry Prairie Weather Expected for Rest of September

With the harvest already advancing much quicker than a year ago, it looks like Prairie producers will enjoy relatively good conditions for the remainder of September as well.

Chicago Close: More Chinese Business Boosts Soys to End Week

Alberta Harvest Advances Despite Showers

Alberta producers managed to make at least some harvest progress this past week, despite less than favourable weather.

Charts: Bigs Gains for Soybeans but Corn Too

Map: Major Improvement in Iowa Drought, Dryness

It likely came too late to provide much benefit to crops, but recent rainfall has dramatically improved drought in dryness in Iowa.

ICE Close: Canola Hits Fresh Highs Again

Canola futures closed higher again on Thursday, hitting fresh contract highs as bullish technical signals and gains in Chicago Board of Trade soybeans kept fund traders on the buy side.

Chicago Close: Soys Remain Underpinned by Chinese Demand

Soybean futures steamed higher again on Thursday as the market continued to be underpinned by strong export demand from China.