Insights and Stories on Markets

Lower canola acreage no surprise to farm groups

Apr. 24, 2014 at 7:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A slight decline in canola acres in Statistics Canada’s forecast Thursday may have come as a surprise to industry analysts — but farm groups closer to the situation agreed the crop was due for a bit of a pullback. StatsCan’s report indicated Canadian farmers intend on seeding […]

Guenther: Amid tension in Ukraine, positive change sought for farmers

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

Ardent flour merger closer to completion with mill sale

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:28 pm CDT

U.S. grains: Wheat surges on dry weather concerns, Ukraine tension

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:18 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit new high as corn prices slip

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:11 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

StatsCan canola area intentions come in below expectations

Apr. 24, 2014 at 2:29 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola than most industry participants had anticipated this year, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada, released Thursday. However, adjustments to actual seedings are still possible, as spring seeding has yet to begin across Western Canada. StatsCan pegged canola […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Long fund position could be bearish for CBOT soybeans

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:50 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Old-crop soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, with new-crop values seeing less severe losses. The narrowing in of the old crop/new crop spread was a feature of the week’s activity. Going forward, the trend looks to bearish, […]

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, but still watching beans

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:39 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their softest levels in a month as bearish technical signals and increased farmer selling weighed on values. While the technical bias has turned lower, the Canadian market could still find some spillover strength from […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Fund buying pushes CME hogs two per cent higher

Apr. 23, 2014 at 8:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, with some months up the three-cent limit, driven by fund buying after contracts punched through moving average levels, traders said. May hogs closed up 2.95 cents per pound at 123.975 (all figures US$). June and […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Corn gains on firm cash market, rain-delayed planting

Apr. 23, 2014 at 3:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures advanced for a second straight session on Wednesday, adding more than one per cent on firm cash markets and as cooler and wetter weather in the central U.S. stalled planting of the crop in the western corn belt. Soybeans were mixed, with nearby […]

By Karl Plume