Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Soy surges on exports, technical buying boosts wheat

Feb. 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped 1.6 per cent on Thursday to their highest in more than eight weeks, spurred by technical buying and firm export demand, traders said. A U.S. Agriculture Department report on Thursday morning said export sales of soybeans fell below market expectations but showed […]

Scoular frozen out of Sask. grain handling plan

Feb. 13, 2014 at 4:46 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. farmers seen likely to plant less corn, more soy

Feb. 13, 2014 at 2:55 pm CST

By Reuters

New standard to define icewine in Canada

Feb. 13, 2014 at 8:07 am CST

By Staff

Ag crowdfunding platform launches first deal

Feb. 12, 2014 at 5:21 pm CST

By Carey Gillam

ICE weekly outlook: More downside possible for canola

Feb. 12, 2014 at 5:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts fell to their lowest levels in over three and a half years during the week ended Wednesday, as speculative selling was met with only scale-down end-user pricing. While canola is oversold and due for a correction, further losses are still likely. “Speculators […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Soy drops as China cancels U.S. imports

Feb. 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday due to waning demand for U.S. supplies from China, the world’s top buyer of the oilseed, traders said. Wheat and corn futures reversed earlier gains to close lower on a bout of technical selling. Private exporters reported the cancellation of 270,000 […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Plentiful supplies weigh on corn; wheat, soy firm

Feb. 12, 2014 at 4:32 am CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures eased on Tuesday, weighed down by weakness in the cash market and an ample supply cushion, traders said. Wheat firmed, buoyed for the second day in a row by the U.S. government’s surprise cut to its domestic ending stocks estimate while soybeans rose […]

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Feeder market stalls at higher levels

Feb. 11, 2014 at 4:55 am CST

A sharp drop in wholesale beef prices, along with softer fed cattle values, caused the feeder market to finally run into some resistance last week. Adverse weather also tempered buying enthusiasm for lighter-weight cattle, with dreadful temperatures reported across most of Western Canada. The feeder market is indeed functioning to […]

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie wheat bids climb alongside U.S. futures

Feb. 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie spring red (CPSR) and Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher, following the sharply stronger U.S. wheat futures markets during the week ending Monday. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came […]

By Terryn Shiells