Insights and Stories of Adam Peleshaty

Oct. 18, 2022 at 12:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the return of typical temperatures and healthy amounts of precipitation throughout the growing season, Manitoba had successful pea and dry bean crops during the 2022-23 marketing year, according to the province’s pulse specialist. Dennis Lange of Manitoba Agriculture said both crops showed high yields from their respective […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Oct. 5, 2022 at 5:04 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola rose like Icarus over the past few weeks, but just like that Greek mythological figure, it flew too high, only to come back down to Earth. After the November canola contract rose in seven of its last eight sessions — in the middle of harvest, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 29, 2022 at 2:48 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Saskatchewan’s harvest progressed during the week of Sept. 20-26 despite variable weather conditions across the province, according to Saskatchewan’s weekly crop report released on Sept. 29. As of Sept. 26, 81 per cent of the province’s harvest was complete, up eight percentage points from the previous week and […]

By Adam Peleshaty, MarketsFarm

Sep. 28, 2022 at 4:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the U.S. dollar strengthened to levels unseen in 20 years over the past week, the prices for many commodities took a tumble, including Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn, wheat and soybeans. However, other factors are in play when it comes to prices, according to one trader. […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sep. 24, 2022 at 4:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite the usual harvest pressures, western Canadian wheat bids jumped during the week ended Thursday, largely due to geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday again raised its key interest rate to combat rising inflation — this time a 75 basis point increase, to 3.25 […]

By Adam Peleshaty