Insights and Stories on Markets

November canola back above 30-day average

Oct. 7, 2014 at 5:59 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– A record-large U.S. soybean crop remains a bearish anchor on Canadian canola futures — but recent activity has shifted some technical indicators higher. The November canola contract on ICE Futures Canada has held consistently below the 30-day moving average since May, but finally settled above that line […]

Strong prices, low feed costs reviving pork industry

Oct. 7, 2014 at 5:52 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: Higher beef prices drive CME live cattle to new high

Oct. 7, 2014 at 4:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn extend winning streaks

Oct. 7, 2014 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. farmers latest to sue Syngenta over corn China rejected

Oct. 7, 2014 at 2:37 am CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Hot demand on feature calf sales

Oct. 6, 2014 at 5:19 pm CDT

Western Canada’s feeder cattle markets continue to show signs of exorbitant strength as the fall run moves into full gear. Many auction markets were featuring the first calf sales of the season, defining the market structure for the next few weeks. Major feeding regions such as southern Alberta saw quality […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat prices up as U.S. futures move higher

Oct. 6, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for wheat were firmer across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, lifted by strengthening U.S. futures and improving basis levels for some classes of wheat. CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring) prices were up between C$10 and $16 compared to a week ago, with […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soy surges, corn up as harvest slows

Oct. 6, 2014 at 3:58 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Monday on concerns that the slowing pace of harvest in the U.S. Midwest will delay deliveries of much-needed supplies, traders said. “We have got a wetter forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management Commodities in Lafayette, Indiana. […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs charge higher as funds buy

Oct. 6, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs futures closed sharply higher Monday, supported by short-covering and fund buying after contracts surpassed key technical resistance levels, traders said. October hogs closed 1.575 cents per pound higher at 107.175 cents (all figures US$). December finished at 95.875 cents, 2.85 cents […]

By Theopolis Waters

Sun Media set to sell Ontario Farmer

Oct. 6, 2014 at 3:07 pm CDT

Long-running weekly ag journal Ontario Farmer is among the titles on the block in Sun Media’s planned sell-off of its English-language Canadian newspapers. Sun Media, Canada’s biggest newspaper publisher and an arm of Montreal media and telecom giant Quebecor, announced Monday it plans to sell all 175 of its English-language daily and weekly […]

By Staff