Insights and Stories of Terryn Shiells

Sep. 27, 2014 at 3:02 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Farmers in Western Canada have seen weaker prices on the cash market for canola recently, due to a tumbling futures market and an influx in supply as harvest progresses. Some panic-related farmer selling off the combine, as futures continue to drop, was also contributing to the weakness. […]

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Sep. 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The November ICE Futures Canada canola contract broke below the key psychological level of C$400 per tonne during the week, but recovered Wednesday to settle just above that level. In the near term, the canola market is “due for a little bit of a reprieve,” said Errol […]

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Sep. 18, 2014 at 11:31 am CDT

CNS Canada — Harvest of edible beans is underway in parts of Manitoba, with yields reported as variable so far. Yields on pinto beans have been reported as anywhere between 1,500 and 1,800 kilograms per hectare so far, with a range of 2,000-2,100 kg/ha on kidney and cranberry beans, according […]

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Sep. 17, 2014 at 4:38 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continued to drift lower during the week ended Wednesday, but haven’t bottomed yet. Terry Reilly, an analyst with Futures International in Chicago, said corn prices have another 40 cents per bushel to go before bottoming around the […]

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Sep. 17, 2014 at 12:45 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Many areas of Manitoba have seen unfavourable cool, wet conditions recently, with frost reported in some areas — but the province’s soybean crops seem to be holding up OK. Frost seen on Sept. 12 and 13 caused some damage to soybean crops in the province, but it […]

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