Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Corn sags on harvest expectations, freeze fears wane

Sep. 8, 2014 at 5:01 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn prices fell more than two per cent Monday on expectations the government will raise its production forecasts to record highs this week and that a possible frost in the upper Midwest will cause only minor damage. “We are in downtrends for everything,” said Robert […]

Caution reigns as Brazil soy farmers eye another record crop

Sep. 5, 2014 at 6:22 pm CDT

By Gustavo Bonato

East-west rail movement seen hurting Prairie oats

Sep. 5, 2014 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle, hogs close up sharply with cash prices

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:13 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat bounce on bargain buying, weather concerns

Sep. 5, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Tightening canola stocks to put more pressure on 2014-15 crop

Sep. 5, 2014 at 10:42 am CDT

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada on Friday morning released its estimates for 2013-14 ending stocks, pegging canola supplies at 2.36 million tonnes, at the low end of expectations. “Canola was on the light side, maybe 300,000 tonnes lower than what most people were expecting, so it’s enough to underpin the […]

By Terryn Shiells

Fund traders adding to canola shorts

Sep. 4, 2014 at 4:53 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The fund short position in ICE Futures Canada canola continues to grow, but market participants believe it may get larger still before those speculators turn around and book profits. Back in mid-July, the fund short position was already considered large, at over 20,000 contracts. Speculators have steadily […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Corn, soy fall to four-year lows ahead of record harvests

Sep. 4, 2014 at 4:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybeans futures fell more than one per cent to their lowest levels in four years on Thursday in a technical selloff sparked by the looming harvest of record-large crops. Wheat futures also were mostly lower, with several contracts reaching lifetime lows for a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle close mixed, hogs mostly lower

Sep. 4, 2014 at 3:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed mixed on Thursday, supported by initially higher cash prices while pressured by profit-taking, traders said. October live cattle ended up 1.625 cents per pound at 157.05 cents, and December at 158.5, up 0.5 cent (all figures US$). February finished […]

By Theopolis Waters

CWB plans new concrete in southern Sask.

Sep. 4, 2014 at 3:26 pm CDT

The grain company formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board plans to add to its handle in south-central Saskatchewan with a new concrete-and-steel high-throughput elevator. CWB announced Thursday it will start construction this fall on a 42,000-tonne capacity elevator, plus grain cleaning facilities, on Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) track near […]

By Staff