Insights and Stories on Canadian Dollar

ICE weekly outlook: Harvest pressure set to increase

Sep. 13, 2017 at 5:21 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The canola market will likely be tested in coming days as harvest pressure, both north and south of the border, intensifies. While futures enjoyed a bounce upward following a bearish report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday, the technical bias appears to be pointed lower. […]

Farmers to deal with stronger loonie for rest of 2017

Sep. 7, 2017 at 7:11 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Diesel prices soften, but watching U.S. infrastructure plan

Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Plentiful feed supplies weigh on feed barley prices

Nov. 24, 2016 at 5:10 pm CST

By Dave Sims

OPEC announcement could boost ag markets, maybe

Sep. 29, 2016 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Loonie tanks post-Brexit, but benefits minimal for farmers

Jun. 27, 2016 at 6:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Canadian dollar slipped after Britain voted Thursday to leave the European Union, a trend which one financial analyst expects to continue in an otherwise uncertain environment. But the loonie hasn’t fallen far enough to bring support to Canadian commodity markets. “Short-term, we’re going to be dealing […]

By Jade Markus

ICE weekly outlook: Canola establishes range

Jun. 15, 2016 at 6:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola suffered small losses during the week ended Wednesday, with both the July and November contracts chopping around the $520 per tonne mark. Losses in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soy complex weighed on canola. However, it lagged the U.S. market while receiving […]

By Dave Sims

ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s fate rests on fund buying

May. 11, 2016 at 4:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, following strength in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybeans, but one analyst says it could be hard for the market to hold onto those advances. CBOT soybeans rallied Tuesday after the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]

By Jade Markus

Prairie spring wheat bids rise with dry weather

May. 9, 2016 at 3:58 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada improved during the week ended Friday, with prices receiving support from dry weather conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Weakness in the Canadian dollar, which fell from the US80-cent mark to the mid-77-cent range between April 29 and Friday, added to […]

By Dave Sims

Klassen: Feeder market adjusting to various factors

Mar. 14, 2016 at 11:00 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder markets experienced a mixed volatile tone over the past week. Replacement cattle over 800 lbs. were $3 lower to $8 higher on average, while lighter weight categories traded $10 lower to $10 higher in comparison to week-ago levels. Larger volumes of backgrounded yearling cattle are coming on […]

By Jerry Klassen

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