Insights and Stories of Brent Harder

Mar. 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm CST

Prices for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been holding steady and in most cases trending higher, but with those values strong, demand for the ethanol byproduct has been easing. Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading in Kelowna, B.C., said lower cattle numbers in the country have […]

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Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:44 pm CST

After falling a week or two ago, canola crush margins have seen a rebound, thanks to an increase in ICE Futures Canada canola contracts, along with soybean and soyoil contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Bill Craddock, a trader and producer in southern Manitoba, said where the crush […]

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Mar. 2, 2011 at 11:55 pm CST

Canadian pork producers are starting to see a return to profitability, but it’s too early to tell if they are completely out of the woods yet. That’s according to Richard Anderson, executive vice-president of Informa Economics in Memphis, Tenn., who spoke Tuesday at the Canadian Wheat Board’s annual GrainWorld conference […]

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Mar. 2, 2011 at 6:16 pm CST

Cool conditions and, in some cases, frost in India have affected that country’s dry pea crop, and that is expected to improve the export outlook for Canadian producers in 2011-12. Fred Oleson, deputy director of the market analysis group with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, noted the issues in India while […]

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Feb. 25, 2011 at 7:00 pm CST

The recent sell-off of agricultural commodities has not left oats out of its path, as values have been on the decline over the past month. Current elevator deliveries for oats are bringing as much as $3.24 per bushel in Manitoba, $3.22 per bushel in Saskatchewan, and $3.39 per bushel in […]

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