Insights and Stories on Markets

PotashCorp hurt by fall in income from overseas investments

Oct. 23, 2014 at 7:09 pm CDT

Reuters — Saskatchewan-based PotashCorp has narrowed its full-year earnings forecast range and reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit as income fell from its overseas investments. The price of potash has plunged year over year, triggered by the breakup last year of trading partnership Belarusian Potash Co. that created more competition among […]

Man. soybeans likely to sit in storage until new year

Oct. 23, 2014 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Upside likely limited for rising feed barley market

Oct. 23, 2014 at 5:46 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cash price record lifts CME live cattle to new high

Oct. 23, 2014 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans rally on robust export sales, technical buying

Oct. 23, 2014 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

ICE weekly outlook: Canola still married to soybeans

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola futures were mostly higher during the week ended Wednesday, with some support coming from gains in the Chicago soy complex. Speculative-based short covering, after the January contract moved above the 30-day moving average at about $411 per tonne on Wednesday, was also bullish, […]

By Terryn Shiells

Harvest pressure looms for corn, soybean futures

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:25 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, as rainfall over parts of the U.S. Midwest caused harvest delays. “The lows were put in at the beginning of October, and we’ve seen a nice rally off of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. wheat futures rising, but watching corn and beans

Oct. 22, 2014 at 6:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures have shown some strength over the past month, but advancing harvest pressure from soybeans and corn may come forward to limit any additional independent strength in wheat over the next few weeks. After setting contract lows on Oct. 1, all three U.S. wheat markets […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans slip as investors book profits

Oct. 22, 2014 at 3:18 pm CDT

Reuters — Corn and soybeans fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits from recent gains, and with huge U.S. crops slowly coming off fields. Chicago wheat rose on technical buying. The rally was due to end, some said, after corn touched a seven-week high and soybeans notched a five-week top […]

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle rebound with beef prices

Oct. 22, 2014 at 2:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Wednesday erased Tuesday’s losses, aided by short-covering and the upswing in wholesale beef prices, traders said. October closed up 1.5 cents, to 168.05 cents per pound, and December was 1.05 cents higher at 168.1 cents/lb. (all figures US$). Wednesday […]

By Theopolis Waters