Feed markets

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 8 (CNS Canada) – More grain will be around at the end of the 2017/18 crop year than earlier thought, according to updated estimates from the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO upped its world grain carryout projection by 15 million, to 719.2 million tonnes. […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG, Sept. 7 (CNS Canada) – U.S. corn futures fell Thursday based on expectations that a large American crop would swell an already massive global supply. Technical selling also played a role, as some traders sought profits following corn’s climb to a two-week high on Wednesday. Corn futures at the […] Read more

Feed Grains: Barley stocks looking strong By Commodity News Service Canada WINNIPEG Sept. 6 (CNS Canada) – Statistics Canada’s grain and oilseeds supply report shows a sharp increase in barley to 2.122 million tonnes as of July 31 this year compared with 1.443 million tonnes at the same time a year ago, an increase of […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 5 (CNS Canada) – Traders are carefully watching crop conditions in the United States as dry conditions and slow crop maturity could drag yields. Weather forecasts for key growing areas are calling for dry conditions for the next 10 days. Some analysts are now predicting corn yields of 165-167 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Sept. 1 (CNS Canada) – Barley crops on the Prairies and in Ontario will be down this year, based on the most recent production estimates from Statistics Canada. Ontario farmers are expected to bring in 116,000 tonnes of barley this harvest compared to 130,600 tonnes in 2016. Average barley yields […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 31 (CNS Canada) – Corn waved farewell to August with a flourish today, rallying on the Chicago Board of Trade 12.75 cents U.S. for the September contract to settle at US$3.42.25 per bushel. December rose 12.25 cents U.S. to US$3.5775 and March settled at US$3.7050 per bushel, up 12.25 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, August 30. The wheat harvest in the US is proceeding at a faster clip than normal. But it seems crop abandonment may be one of the main factors behind the increase. According to […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Aug. 29 (CNS Canada) – Here are some elevator bids for feed grains based on data from Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, in Canadian dollars per tonne: – Feed wheat, central Alberta: This week-161.86; last week-151.29. – Feed oats, central Alberta: This week-155.51; last week-155.51. – Feed barley, central Alberta: This […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Monday, August 28. The International Grains Commission has raised its estimate of the Russia grain harvest to 124.5 million tonnes. That is up two million tonnes from the last estimate. Of that total, 80 […] Read more

By Commodity News Service Canada Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, August 25. Corn finished two to three cents lower as large world supplies and technical selling weighed down the market. Farmers in the US Corn Belt were delivering supplies to make room for […] Read more