#crop-prices

World Needs to Slash Crop Acres to Cut Grain Surplus | WP

"What will it take to drain the oceans of crop stocks that are drowning world crop prices? And how weird is it to see world crop stocks surge so much after the drought-induced shortfalls of 2012?

‘I don’t know how long it has been since we had four record years stack up back to back,’ said Robert Johansson, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s chief economist.

As well, it’s hard to tell how many…

Canola Returns to Price Levels of Early February | WP

"Canola, soybeans and corn continued their February flip-flop Monday, returning to price levels around those that they began the month with, well above those of the recent trough. But wheat futures suffered again, tailing down seemingly relentlessly as ample world stocks and anemic demand continued to provide bearish sentiment with fresh negativity.

Export inspections of  U.S. corn and soybeanst…

5X5 – 3. MARKETS

• 1 – Canola Climbs as Loonier Falls | WP Posted Nov 4th 2015 – D’Arce McMillan, Reuters News Agency

"A weaker loonie helped to lift canola futures on Wednesday.

Support also came from stronger palm oil values, which rose on news that Indonesia’s state owned energy company was buying biodiesel made with palm oil. Market watchers are also trying to determine the effect of El Nino dry weather in…

5X5 – 3. MARKETS

1 • Rare Sales to Asia, Data Doubts Erode UK Wheat Mountain Fears

"Knock-on effects from the collapse in shipping rates, and questions over the accuracy of official data, are raising hopes that the UK might end the season without a mountain of wheat, despite a slower-than-expected export pace.

The UK, the European Union’s third biggest wheat producing country, exported 224,881 tonnes of wheat…

6. MARKETS – Other Links

• CWB Expects Higher Returns For Canola, Wheat And Durum – AGCanada – AGCanada • Grain ‘trade’ At Risk Of Low-Balling U.S. Soybean Yields: Maguire – AGCanada – AGCanada

• Agrimoney.com | Soymeal Strength Props Up Soy, But Wheat Falls • Agrimoney.com | Rousseff’s Moves Crucial To Future Of Sugar Prices

• Factors Affecting Crop Prices | Farms.com

• Markets – The Western Producer

6. MARKETS – Other Links

* Agrimoney.com | AM markets: grains start soft, but what will data hold? * Agrimoney.com | China fears prompt, small, cut to UN grain hopes

* Canola closes a little higher, supported by soybeans – The Western Producer * Markets – The Western Producer * VIDEO: The likeliest future for crop prices and how those will affect farmers – The Western Producer