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Jun. 28, 2024 at 8:41 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar budged upward on Friday morning, amid a steady United States dollar and crude oil either side of unchanged. As of 8:36 am CDT, the loonie was at US$0.7309 or US$1=C$1.3683 compared to Thursday’s close of US$0.7305 or US$1=C$1.3690. On […]

Jun. 27, 2024 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin   Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The ICE Futures canola market was mostly higher on Thursday, seeing a continuation of Wednesday’s corrective bounce off nearby lows. Statistics Canada released updated acreage estimates pegging 2024/25 canola seedings in the country at 22.0 million acres. That was up from the […]

Jun. 27, 2024 at 8:47 am CDT

Glacier FarmMedia MarketsFarm – The ICE Futures canola market added onto the previous day’s gains on Thursday despite a bearish acreage report from Statistics Canada (StatCan). StatCan reported in its principal field crop acreage estimates released this morning that Canadian farmers planted 22 million acres of canola this spring, well […]

Jun. 26, 2024 at 2:32 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures closed higher on Wednesday, with double-digit gains in most of the contracts. An analyst stated the increases were due to a combination of the technical charts, fundamentals, plus weather and crop conditions on the Prairies. He noted […]

Jun. 26, 2024 at 10:48 am CDT

By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were stronger at midsession Wednesday, after experiencing a string of losses. An analyst said the turnaround was likely due to the technical charts, fundamentals, along with weather and crop conditions on the Prairies. He noted prices plummeted by […]