Insights and Stories on Markets

CBOT corn, soybeans brace for USDA report

Sep. 10, 2014 at 6:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell lower during the week ended Wednesday, as expectations of a record-large harvest in the U.S. pushed values below the US$10 per bushel level. “I think going through US$10 futures in the November contract was very psychologically damaging,” said […]

ICE weekly outlook: Bias pointed lower for canola

Sep. 10, 2014 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end mixed after choppy session

Sep. 10, 2014 at 6:02 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat set new contract lows before USDA reports

Sep. 10, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Russian farming giant counts on boost from sanctions

Sep. 9, 2014 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Olga Sichkar

U.S. livestock: Strong pork prices boost hogs more than two per cent

Sep. 9, 2014 at 6:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed up over two per cent on Tuesday, lifted by the bounce in wholesale pork values and cash price optimism, traders said. October closed 2.7 cents per pound higher at 105.775 cents, and December up 2.2 cents at 98.25 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: New-crop soybeans fall below $10 as big harvest looms

Sep. 9, 2014 at 6:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. benchmark new-crop soybean futures dropped below US$10 a bushel on Tuesday, pressured by strong yield reports from the start of the harvest and diminished fears about frost in the Midwest, traders said. New-crop futures in soybeans, corn and wheat all fell to contract lows, fueling […]

By Julie Ingwersen

FNA gauging farmer interest in bid for CWB

Sep. 9, 2014 at 7:49 am CDT

Farm input buying group Farmers of North America (FNA) is feeling out Prairie farmers’ appetite for investment in a bid for control of CWB. Saskatoon-based FNA, already in the midst of a plan dubbed “ProjectN” to develop fertilizer manufacturing assets by 2017, last week launched a separate online campaign seeking […]

By Staff

No crash in U.S. farmland seen despite tumbling grain prices

Sep. 8, 2014 at 7:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — David Fullington paid a “ridiculous” price of US$13,600 an acre for a 200-acre farm in Illinois within the last year and says he and his partners would probably bid again for prime land that is in tight supply, despite tumbling grain prices. “No regrets at all,” […]

By Christine Stebbins

Klassen: Yearlings in hot demand

Sep. 8, 2014 at 7:03 pm CDT

September has started with a roar, with fresh lofty levels reached on all weight categories and classes of feeder cattle. The slower summer period gave feedlot operators a chance to rejuvenate and there was no shortage of optimism and energy at auction barns across the Prairies. The equity building over […]

By Jerry Klassen