Beef Cattle, Markets

Cattle prices hold mostly steady

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• Beef Cattle, Markets

  Fed-cattle prices moving higher

  Fed cattle Impressive summer slaughter rates coupled with strong wholesale demand have moved fed prices higher after weeks of a…

  September 9, 2020

• Feed markets, Market talk, Markets

  Feed grains outlook remains bearish

  It’s that time of year when I receive many inquiries regarding the feed grain outlook for the upcoming crop year.…

  August 14, 2020

• Beef Cattle, Markets

  Fed cattle market rebounds after hitting near-decade lows

  Fed cattle After hitting lows not seen since 2012 in May, the fed cattle market has rebounded over the last…

  July 31, 2020

• Beef Cattle, Features, Markets

  Cattle pricing during an economic crisis

  Society has not yet discovered a better pricing mechanism than a free and open marketplace and is not likely to…

  June 22, 2020

• Markets, News, Prime cuts

  Beef producers get a raw deal

  North America’s cattle producers were the first in the beef chain to be impacted by the spread of the COVID-19…

  June 19, 2020

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  Lower feeder cattle prices spur outburst of emotions

  In January of 2010, a feeder association in Western Canada asked me to speak at their annual conference. This conference…

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Crops, Markets

First of four vessels arrives in Churchill

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 23 hours ago

MarketsFarm — The first grain vessel of the 2020 shipping season is now at Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill, according to Murad Al-Katib of the Arctic Gateway Group. “We’ll have an active program on durum wheat and lentils going into the Mediterranean,” said Al-Katib, who’s also CEO of Regina-based AGT Foods, one of the group’s […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, reacting to futures and loonie

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News 23 hours ago

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by support from a weakening Canadian dollar. The currency lost roughly a full cent during the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were steady to down $2 […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

Little variation seen in global grain supply and demand data

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 24 hours ago

MarketsFarm — Few significant changes appear in the latest monthly supply and demand report from the International Grains Council (IGC), which released its estimates Thursday. The IGC slightly nudged its estimate of total world grain production from its August estimate of 2.23 billion to September’s 2.227 billion tonnes. The September forecast is 2.1 per cent […] Read more

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Crops, Markets

AAFC lowers wheat carryout estimate, raises canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News 1 day ago

MarketsFarm — Updated supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada call for tighter wheat carryout for the 2020-21 crop year than previous forecast — and more canola. Tursday’s report provides the first adjusted balance sheet estimates from the government agency that account for the latest production numbers from Statistics Canada released earlier in […] Read more

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General, Markets

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Ex-premiers write to Ottawa with critique of EU's continued trade barriers

By D.C. Fraser, GFM Network News 1 day ago

Canada is not benefiting from the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) with the European Union (EU), federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau grants. Expected to spur $1.5 billion in new agri-food exports, the free trade deal has fallen short of those targets since its implementation in 2017. In a letter Monday to Prime Minister Justin […] Read more

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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy firm after four days of losses

Chicago wheat futures weak

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rose on Friday, bouncing back from four straight days of declines on a mild round of bargain buying, traders said. But wheat futures weakened, weighed down by a firm dollar, which makes U.S. supplies more expensive to overseas buyers. Soybeans fell 4.1 per […] Read more

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Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise on export hopes

CME cattle futures weaken

By Mark Weinraub, GFM Network News 1 day ago

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. hog futures rose 1.7 per cent on Friday, with the market shrugging off bearish supply data on hopes that exports would remain strong, traders said. “At a time when we are nearing our fourth-quarter peak in supply, the market is highly focused on the belief that export sales are running […] Read more

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Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: C$ ends week on soft note

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

By MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 25 (MarketsFarm) – The Canadian dollar was weaker on Friday, hitting its lowest levels in seven weeks relative to its United States counterpart amid heightened concerns over a second wave of COVID-19. The Canadian dollar closed at US$0.7465 or US$1=C$1.3396, which compares with Thursday’s North American close of US$0.7477 or US$1=C$1.3374. […] Read more

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Futures

North American Grain/Oilseed Review

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

By Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 25 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Futures canola contracts were stronger on Friday, after four conservatives days of losses. Canola found support from a stronger tone in comparable vegetable oils. Nearby Chicago soyoil contracts were up by about half of a cent after week of considerable losses. The loonie […] Read more

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Futures

ICE Canola Midday: Prices show strength midday Friday

By GFM Network News 1 day ago

By Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, Sept. 25 (MarketsFarm) – ICE Futures canola contracts were higher at midday Friday, after considerable losses throughout the week. Strength in comparable vegetable oils propped up prices, with nearby contracts posting half-cent gains at midday. European rapeseed was also stronger, while Malaysian palm oil showed losses. Harvest activity across the […] Read more

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