Insights and Stories of Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Cheap corn, Prairie harvest quality weigh on prices

Sep. 20, 2018 at 1:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cheap corn imports and adverse Prairie harvest conditions should mean no shortage of feed grain in Alberta’s feedlot alley this winter — which should also keep prices under pressure going forward. “Anytime you get a ripe crop and you get snow and rain falling on it, it […]

Canola crush margins tightest in years

Sep. 15, 2018 at 4:09 am CDT

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Prairie harvest window possible next week

Sep. 13, 2018 at 6:27 pm CDT

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CBOT weekly outlook: Big U.S. corn yields surprise market

Sep. 12, 2018 at 5:34 pm CDT

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Smaller Manitoba soybean crop expected

Sep. 11, 2018 at 5:23 pm CDT

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Large Canadian canola ending stocks expected

Sep. 6, 2018 at 1:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola ending stocks as of July 31 came in at about a million tonnes above the previous year’s carryout — but were still well within trade expectations. Canola supplies as of July 31 were estimated at 2.391 million tonnes by Statistics Canada on Thursday, with 954,000 […]

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ICE weekly outlook: Yields still up in the air

Sep. 5, 2018 at 8:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts recovered off of nearby lows over the week ended Wednesday, but failed to rise to the same extent as the product values as the commodity remains expensive compared to other oilseeds. With the harvest underway across the Prairies, traders are focused on yield […]

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Neonic phase-out may limit flea beetle control tools

Aug. 17, 2018 at 8:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The phasing out of neonicotinoid seed treatments in Canada may cause problems for the country’s canola growers when dealing with flea beetles — but alternatives pesticides could fill the gap. Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) is proposing that two neonicotinoid pesticides, clothianidin and thiamethoxam, be […]

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ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching soy ahead of harvest

Aug. 15, 2018 at 9:01 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures canola contracts held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, although the looming harvest and weakness in CBOT soybeans could weigh on values going forward. The November canola contract held above the psychological $500 per tonne level during the week, which should be providing decent […]

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Wheat futures climbing higher

Jul. 31, 2018 at 3:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada – North American wheat prices have rallied sharply over the past few weeks and could have more room to go, especially for higher quality and higher protein wheat. After trending lower for most of June and into early July, the Minneapolis December spring wheat contract settled at US$6.2275 […]

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