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Wheat is transfered to the cargo ship 'Jork' at the Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver

Canadian grain deliveries during October mostly higher

Nov. 24, 2022 at 2:02 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Deliveries of major grains in Canada during October witnessed several gains compared to a year ago, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Thursday. All grain deliveries for October 2022 exceeded 5.43 million tonnes for a 19.3 per cent increase from the previous October. During […]

Simplot to buy western Saskatchewan ag retail chain

Nov. 23, 2022 at 10:03 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s sideways market nears low end of range

Nov. 23, 2022 at 5:48 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola plants seeing big-time profits

Nov. 23, 2022 at 5:46 pm CST

By Jeff Melchior

CBOT weekly outlook: Renewed agreement puts pressure on corn, wheat

Nov. 23, 2022 at 4:35 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Mustard production, prices up

Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:48 pm CST

MarketsFarm — If Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest monthly principal field crop estimates hold true, mustard is having a bounce-back year. High prices for the seed led to nearly double the acres planted for the 2022-23 marketing year at 556,000, compared to 289,000 the previous year. As a result, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans, grains turn higher ahead of U.S. Thanksgiving

Nov. 23, 2022 at 3:33 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago soybean and grain futures ended higher on Wednesday, as traders looked to even up their positions before the market closes for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and ahead of a short trading day on Friday, analysts said. Corn futures strengthened, as the market eyed dry weather […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Ocean freight rates under pressure

Nov. 23, 2022 at 2:53 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Ocean freight rates have come under pressure over the past month, nearing their lowest levels of 2022 as mounting COVID-19 cases in China, along with increased restrictions in the country, have contributed to concerns over declining demand. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI), a major indicator of bulk shipping […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC revises dry pea projections

Nov. 22, 2022 at 7:49 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Among the changes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made in its November supply and demand report, issued Friday, the most notable were among the dry peas. The revisions that stood out the most were 2022-23 dry pea exports being cut by 200,000 tonnes at 2.5 million, while domestic […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Futures slip on rail strike threat, EU wheat talk

Nov. 22, 2022 at 7:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade grain futures fell on Tuesday, amid growing concern over a possible U.S. rail strike and market speculation that U.S. grain buyers were purchasing European Union wheat, traders said. French wheat sales to China and the prospect of Polish or German wheat being […]

By P.J. Huffstutter