Insights and Stories of Dwayne Klassen

Apr. 6, 2012 at 9:02 am CDT

Canola open interest on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform is within striking distance of establishing an all-time new record high, based on data from the exchange. Daily open interest in all canola futures months totalled 211,501 contracts on Wednesday. While that was down from the April 2 level of […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Mar. 16, 2012 at 4:56 am CDT

Warmer-than-normal temperatures in Ontario are reported to have helped the winter wheat crop in the province break dormancy earlier than usual. "There is certainly some wheat green up with growth dependent on the region of the province," said Peter Johnson, a cereals specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. However, […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Feb. 3, 2012 at 3:12 pm CST

The grain and oilseed stocks in all positions report released Friday by Statistics Canada held few surprises over, with the exception of the estimate for peas. However, there were a few questions raised by the industry regarding the accuracy of the numbers released by the government agency. The numbers confirmed […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Jan. 23, 2012 at 5:57 pm CST

New milling wheat, durum and barley contracts began trading on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform on Sunday at 7 p.m. CT, with only milling wheat actually experiencing any trade during its first day of activity. One October milling wheat contract traded at $257.20 per tonne, while two December contracts […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:14 pm CST

Revised, Jan. 18 — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects farmers in Canada to increase the area seeded to canola this spring to an all-time record high, while also raising the amount of ground to be seeded to barley, according to its latest 2012-13 acreage projection outlook. The federal ag department’s […]

By Dwayne Klassen