Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly: Canadian pulse exports slowing

Jun. 11, 2024 at 3:26 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian pulse exports are showing signs of slowing down entering the final months of the 2023/24 marketing year, as end users turn their attention to the looming availability of new crop supplies. Canada has exported 1.286 million tonnes of lentils during the crop year-to-date, running about 25 […]

Family farms at risk from higher capital gains rates: GGC

Jun. 11, 2024 at 11:49 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian drought conditions improve: AAFC

Jun. 11, 2024 at 9:43 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fund short position grows in canola

Jun. 10, 2024 at 11:51 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Strong Thunder Bay grain movement through May

Jun. 6, 2024 at 1:27 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE canola weekly outlook: Peaks likely in for the season

Jun. 5, 2024 at 4:53 pm CDT

The ICE Futures canola market fell sharply lower during the first few trading days of June, taking out several former support levels on the way down as large old crop supplies, relatively favourable new crop production prospects and speculative fund selling weighed on prices.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farmer walks toward an air seeder with a blue sky above.

Saskatchewan seeding progress running behind average

May. 30, 2024 at 5:29 pm CDT

Saskatchewan farmers made good seeding progress during the week ended May 27 although operations continue to run behind average as varied rainfall caused some delays, according to the latest weekly report from the provincial agricultural department.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

‘Status quo’ for Prairie feed market

May. 30, 2024 at 3:15 pm CDT

Feed grain bids in Western Canada lack any clear direction for the time being, as farmers finish up spring seeding around consistent rains.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Realized Canadian farm income up, net income down in 2023

May. 29, 2024 at 4:14 pm CDT

Realized net income for Canadian farmers rose 18.3 per cent in 2023 to C$14.5 billion, as growth in receipts offset a rise in expenses, according to a report from Statistics Canada released May 29.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Chicago soybeans/corn watching weather, wheat

May. 29, 2024 at 4:05 pm CDT

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade suffered a profit-taking correction on May 29, as speculative positioning and relatively favourable seeding progress across the United States weighed on values.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin