Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Green, yellow pea price spread to widen

Nov. 4, 2019 at 2:50 pm CST

MarketsFarm – Quality issues with Canada’s green pea crop are starting to show up in the cash market, with a widening spread between green and yellow peas expected going forward. Top end green pea bids have risen by more than a dollar per bushel over the past month, while yellow […]

Bearish fund traders add to shorts in canola and corn

Nov. 4, 2019 at 9:38 am CST

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Canadian canola crush pace running well ahead of average

Nov. 4, 2019 at 9:33 am CST

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Prairie oats market stable, but strong

Oct. 28, 2019 at 4:32 pm CDT

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Fund traders still bearish on canola as open interest falls

Oct. 28, 2019 at 8:33 am CDT

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ICE weekly outlook: Rangebound canola vulnerable to losses

Oct. 23, 2019 at 5:39 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday and may have more room to the downside, despite persistent harvest delays across Western Canada. “Overall, we’re still rangebound, but we’re going to the lower part of the trading window,” said analyst Errol Anderson of Pro Market […]

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Canola crush margins double year-ago level

Oct. 22, 2019 at 5:19 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canola crush margins have shown considerable improvement in recent weeks — a sign the commodity is looking cheap compared to its product values. As of Monday, the Canola Board Crush Margin calculated by ICE Futures U.S. was about $100 above the November contract — a figure up by […]

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Manitoba beef sector faces tight feed situation

Oct. 22, 2019 at 4:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An early snowstorm may have been the last straw for Manitoba livestock producers looking to put up feed ahead of winter. While the foot or more of heavy snow that blanketed much of the province over the Thanksgiving weekend has melted, saturated fields continue to limit corn silage […]

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Canadian canola deliveries hit weekly record

Oct. 17, 2019 at 4:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers made record deliveries of canola into the commercial pipeline during the second week of October, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Wet weather, including heavy snow in some regions, continued to keep farmers off of their fields across much of Western Canada, but producers […]

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Pulse weekly outlook: Early snow hurts edible bean prospects

Oct. 16, 2019 at 8:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — An early snow storm hit key edible bean growing regions of Manitoba and the northern U.S. hard, with a large portion of the crop in the region now facing an uncertain future. “It is unprecedented what’s happened at this point,” said Tim Courneya, executive vice-president of the Northarvest […]

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