Insights and Stories of Adam Peleshaty

Feb. 14, 2023 at 4:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The earthquake that devastated parts of Turkey and Syria on Monday last week, taking the lives of more than 40,000 people, may not have a major effect on pulse markets, according to one analyst. Jon Driedger from Leftfield Commodity Research in Winnipeg said that while natural disasters like […]

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Feb. 8, 2023 at 4:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market was once again trading rangebound for the week ended Wednesday, as the March contract was left unchanged from one week earlier at $828.20. The contract oscillated between a range of $819.40 and $837 per tonne during the week, all the while seemingly immune […]

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Feb. 2, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — While flax prices in Western Canada have fallen by at least half from what they were one year ago, they are still too high to be competitive on a global level, according to one flax processor. Mike Popowich, owner and vice-president of TA Foods Ltd. at Yorkton, Sask., […]

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Feb. 1, 2023 at 6:13 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Week-long rallies for grain futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were disrupted by the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest key interest rate announcement on Wednesday. The Fed revealed it is raising its key interest rate by 25 basis points in its ongoing fight against inflation. While the […]

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Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber Durum wheat prices declined while bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red rose during the week ended Jan. 26. Wheat futures in the U.S. fell Monday, with the March contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropping 21 to 29 […]

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