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File photo of cattle in an Alberta feedlot. (Geralyn Wichers photo)
Finishers, Livestock, Markets

Klassen: Feeder market falters at record highs

Risk premiums in market seen eroding

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Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling markets traded $2 to as much as $8 lower on average. Calf markets were relatively unchanged to $10 lower. There was moderate demand for top quality grass yearlings but plainer types experienced softer buying interest. Pre-conditioned calves held value but unweaned bawlers appear to set back $5-$10. Seasonally, […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat up off three-year low after steep sell-off

CBOT corn rises, soybeans flat as Brazil plantings race forward

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Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rebounded on Monday on what one analyst characterized as “bottom-picking” after prices dropped more than six per cent to three-year lows on Friday. Corn followed wheat higher, but soybeans prices remained low after news reports of Brazilian farmers planting at a rapid clip. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) late […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Fund net short position grows in canola

Net long in CBOT soybeans seen declining

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MarketsFarm — The managed money net short position in the ICE Futures canola market more than doubled during the week ended Tuesday on a combination of long liquidation and new bearish bets going on the books, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As of Sept. […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat hits three-year low

Soybeans, corn drop after U.S. grain data

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Reuters — Chicago wheat futures cratered more than six per cent on Friday, hitting a three-year low after U.S. government data pegged wheat production above analysts’ expectations. Soybean futures also closed sharply lower on larger-than-forecast domestic stockpiles, and the drop in both commodities dragged down corn prices. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimated the […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn hits one-month high ahead of USDA data

Chicago soy falls on energy drop; wheat ticks down

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Reuters –– Chicago corn futures hit a one-month high on Thursday as speculators covered short positions while falling energy prices undercut a rally in oilseeds, traders and analysts said. The markets are waiting for the U.S. Department of Agriculture to issue quarterly grain stocks data on Friday. The most-active corn contract on the Chicago Board […] Read more
ICE November 2023 canola with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola ‘due for a bounce’

Weather co-operating, mostly, for Prairie harvesting

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MarketsFarm — A month-long decline of ICE Futures canola prices, which saw the oilseed lose $110 per tonne, came to an end and was followed by a bounce-back. While the price of the November canola contract still declined by $10/tonne to $726.10 during the week ended Wednesday, it hit its lowest price since the end […] Read more
File photo of a Wyoming corn crop. (RiverNorthPhotography/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets, Weather

CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn trade watch harvest weather

USDA to publish quarterly stocks data Friday

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MarketsFarm — Harvest operations for soybeans and corn are in their early stages, with seasonal selling pressure likely to limit any upside potential in the futures markets over the next few weeks. However, both commodities have found nearby support on the other side keeping values rangebound overall. The U.S. soybean harvest was 12 per cent […] Read more
CBOT December 2023 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soyoil boosted by rising energy prices

Wheat down on reports of low-priced Egyptian import tender

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Reuters — Chicago corn futures rose on Wednesday, rebounding from losses a day earlier, as ethanol feedstock enjoyed a boost from a rise in energy prices that also lifted soyoil futures, analysts said. Wheat futures fell at the Chicago Board of Trade, and K.C. hard red winter wheat futures hit a two-year low. The most-active […] Read more
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Hogs, Livestock, Markets

Market uncertainty, election weigh on Manitoba pork sector

Volatility remains a feature, Manitoba Pork GM says

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MarketsFarm — Cam Dahl, general manager of Manitoba Pork, has felt the highs and lows of the province’s pork industry over the past few months. While he expects Manitoba’s feed grain harvest to provide some relief to feed prices for pork producers, Dahl also mentioned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the African swine fever situation in […] Read more
Lentils. (Seb_ra/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Lentils, Markets

Pulse weekly outlook: India dispute leaves lentils’ future uncertain

India was Canada's top customer in 2022-23

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MarketsFarm — As tensions between Canada and India remain very high, the future direction for Canadian lentils continued to be uncertain. “Your guess is as good as mine,” Marcos Mosnaim of Export Packers said as to what could happen, adding “Canada has to be careful. I don’t know what India will do.” Prime Minister Justin […] Read more

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