Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 10, 2024 at 10:48 am CST

India was the top customer for Canadian peas and lentils through the first three months of the 2024/25 marketing year, with total exports of both pulse crops running well ahead of the year ago pace.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 9, 2024 at 2:52 pm CST

The Port of Thunder Bay continued to see strong grain movement with only a month to go in the 2024 shipping season. Potash shipments are also up on the year.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 9, 2024 at 11:02 am CST

Speculative fund traders were busy putting on fresh bearish bets in early December, taking the net managed money short position back above 100,000 contracts for the first time in two months, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 4, 2024 at 3:39 pm CST

The ICE Futures canola market climbed off nearby lows over the week ended Dec. 4, although the correction ran into resistance and values remain at the whim of outside forces.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 27, 2024 at 2:51 pm CST

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade are expected to hold rangebound and trade sideways through the holiday season, as market participants wait to get a better handle on what trade policies proposed by United States President-elect Donald Trump may mean for the commodities in the new year.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin