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Jun. 13, 2008 at 4:08 pm CDT

If markets were only about supply, the barley market would have the potential to be very strong this coming year. Ending stocks at the end of the 2007-08 marketing year are expected to be at record-low levels as the strongest exports in over 10 years helped offset sagging domestic demand. […]

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Jun. 9, 2008 at 5:36 pm CDT

U.S. futures markets in recent days have rallied sharply in response to increasingly irreversible damage to 2008 yield potential as a result of ongoing heavy rains. Last Thursday, reports of an additional 10-12 inches in the key growing region of Iowa sparked two big up-days in the market, followed today […]

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Jun. 4, 2008 at 2:25 pm CDT

Over the past few weeks, oat cash prices have been basically flat in Western Canada with the market well-balanced in terms of bullish and bearish factors, keeping prices between about $3.50-$4/bu. Futures have been trading sideways as well, although the two don’t always track each other that closely. There is […]

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Jun. 4, 2008 at 12:01 pm CDT

Canola prices continue to be stuck in the same narrow trading range that has held since April. The July futures contract is showing strong support near $590 per tonne, but can’t muster up enough momentum to stay above $630 per tonne. The bearish influences of lagging export sales and relatively […]

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May. 30, 2008 at 2:02 pm CDT

May 28 — It is getting very late in the game to be in the dark with regards to wheat pricing options in 2008-09. Farm marketers in Western Canada attempting to manage pricing risks and opportunities are dealing with significant uncertainty in wheat, due to a lack of program information […]

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