Insights and Stories of Dave Sims

Aug. 10, 2016 at 5:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts appear poised to chop around a new $20 trading range ahead of the harvest. The front-month canola contract had been down at $446 per tonne to start the week (Aug. 3-10) until speculator activity and spillover gains from vegetable oil helped bring […]

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Aug. 4, 2016 at 1:10 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As thunderstorms and wet weather continue across Saskatchewan, so grows the number of lentil fields being put at risk of yield loss and potential abandonment. “Certainly in that west-central part of the province, Rosetown and other significant lentil-growing regions, we have seen some problems and crop failures […]

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Aug. 2, 2016 at 2:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada recorded minor losses during the week ended Friday. The declines were traced to weakness in U.S. futures and some minor strengthening in the Canadian dollar. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $3 […]

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Jul. 28, 2016 at 2:48 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – Producers in southern Alberta have begun to combine some grain and pulses, according to a farm leader. “Down around Lethbridge and south of it, they had pretty decent moisture so they’ve got good crops. Guys are starting to combine winter wheat now and peas,” said Lynn […]

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Jul. 26, 2016 at 3:50 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada – It’s a nervous time for Canada’s canola industry as it lobbies the Chinese government over a plan to impose new dockage rules on imports of Canadian canola on Sept. 1. That’s when China’s quarantine agency, AQSIQ, says the dockage allowances for Canadian canola will be pegged […]

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