Insights and Stories of Dave Sims

Jul. 6, 2016 at 9:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts sunk lower during the week ended Wednesday, pressured by fund selling and a drop in the U.S. soy complex. However, there could be some relief in sight, as the market looks to correct itself. “Funds coming into this week were huge, longs […]

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Jun. 30, 2016 at 4:35 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian beef continues to find its way to markets around the world, but while a new deal with Mexico has brought smiles to the cattle industry, questions remain surrounding Canada’s proposed trade deal with the European Union. Britain’s recent referendum to exit the European Union has thrown […]

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Jun. 28, 2016 at 7:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The recent batch of wet weather across parts of Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been a welcome relief to some fields that were suffering from excess dryness. However, soggy conditions have also enabled certain disease pressures to rear their ugly head, according to some government specialists. “Root rot […]

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Jun. 23, 2016 at 4:00 am CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade soybeans recorded losses during the week ended Wednesday. The market felt pressure from wet weather in the U.S. Midwest, which is expected to mitigate some of the damage caused by hot and dry conditions. As well, traders liquidated many of their long-term contracts. […]

By Dave Sims

Jun. 15, 2016 at 6:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soy complex weighed on canola. However, it lagged the U.S. market while receiving […]

By Dave Sims