Stories by Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm

2020 will be a year that the vast majority will want to forget as the pandemic disrupted markets worldwide and impacted every aspect of daily life. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News December 30, 2020

MarketsFarm – The column in this space a year ago led with the line ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same.’ That line was a jumping off point for a decade-in-review piece pointing out some of the through lines of the grain markets during the previous ten years. Well, the pandemic hit […] Read more

A canola field near Pincher Creek, Alta. (Laughingmango/E+/Getty Images)

Canola, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola scale-up selling to temper gains

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 30, 2020

MarketsFarm – ICE Futures canola contracts climbed above chart resistance to hit their highest levels in six-months on July 29. While there is more room to the upside, farmer selling could temper additional gains. Fund traders adding to long positions together with solid export demand, especially from Europe, accounted for much of the recent strength […] Read more

Canola, Markets

Managed money backing out of bearish canola bets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News July 27, 2020

MarketsFarm – Fund traders were backing out of bearish bets in canola while actively putting on new longs during the week ended July 21, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in […] Read more

A transmission electron microscopy image of the first isolated case of the new 2019 coronavirus, as obtained by Reuters on Jan. 27, 2020. (Handout image courtesy IVDC, China CDC via Reuters)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets

Virus concerns add more uncertainty to cattle market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 27, 2020

MarketsFarm — Cattle futures in Chicago dropped hard over the past few days, as mounting concerns over the new coronavirus in China triggered a broad-based selloff in global equities and commodities. While the virus adds an extra layer of uncertainty to the North American cattle market, expectations for solid beef demand should remain supportive for […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Large funds back on short side in soybeans

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Large fund traders have moved back to the short side in soybeans while only making small adjustments in canola, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money short position in ICE Futures canola came in Tuesday at 20,366 contracts on […] Read more

Crops, Markets

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Canada’s farmers will seed more wheat and less canola in the 2020 growing season, according to the first supply/demand estimates for the 2020-21 marketing year, released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Total seeded wheat area is forecast to rise to 25.77 million acres, from 25.02 million the previous year. Production is forecast […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Temperatures rise, Prairie bids cool down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 24, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in southern Alberta are cooling down as temperatures warm up after a bitter cold spell earlier in the month. After dealing with temperatures in the -20 C to -34 C range over much of the week ended Jan. 17, conditions in the key Lethbridge feeding area have flipped the other […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Peas, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: Uncertainty pervades markets

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 22, 2020

MarketsFarm — The price spread between green and yellow peas continues to widen in Western Canada, but whether or not that trend will continue remains to be seen. Numerous outside factors lend a general air of uncertainty to the pulse market, according to a pulse trader. Green peas typically trade at a premium to yellow […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Tighter global supplies are keeping the Canadian durum market well supported this winter, with firmer prices likely when the Port of Thunder Bay reopens for the spring. “We’re seeing a very strong export demand for durum,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and Products in Winnipeg. Canada […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Canola, Crops

CGC revises domestic canola usage downward

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm January 17, 2020

MarketsFarm — Domestic canola demand remained well ahead of exports in the latest Canadian Grain Commission report for the week ended Sunday — but revisions to data now show the crush pace is not quite as active as reported earlier in the month. The original data for the week ended Jan. 5 showed domestic disappearance […] Read more

Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing

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Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

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Forecast, flea beetles complicate canola timing

CN bid for U.S. railway poses greater risk to competition, DOJ says

Barge backlog starts moving as Mississippi River reopens

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2020 grain market review: The year that felt like a decade

ICE weekly outlook: Canola scale-up selling to temper gains

Managed money backing out of bearish canola bets

Virus concerns add more uncertainty to cattle market

Large funds back on short side in soybeans

AAFC forecasts more wheat, less canola seeded in spring

Feed weekly outlook: Temperatures rise, Prairie bids cool down

Pulse weekly outlook: Uncertainty pervades markets

Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

CGC revises domestic canola usage downward

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