Insights and Stories on Closing Markets

Pulses: Mexican pinto bean crop to curb U.S. exports

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world pulse markets on Friday morning, Oct. 16. • There is good demand for chickpeas in the cash market as supplies are very limited due to festival season going on in India. The government has issued a fresh […]

Feed: Ukraine, U.S. corn harvest advancing

Oct. 16, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Corn at three-week low, soy sags on harvest pressure

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:58 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Cash price caution undercuts CME live cattle

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:53 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Pulses: Festivals, supply issues to keep India’s prices high

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:19 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed: Australian drought hurts grain production

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:13 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, Oct. 15. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Thursday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.77 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Global markets: Mine shutdowns, U.S. jobless claims

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:08 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The following is a glance at news moving markets globally. BHP EXECUTIVE SAYS SHUTTING MINES WON’T AFFECT PRICES – An executive from BHP Billiton Ltd., a multinational mining, metals and petroleum company, said mines being shut down will not affect commodity prices-like copper-because the mines being shut […]

By MarketsFarm Team

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on technical selling, rainy forecasts

Oct. 14, 2015 at 6:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soft red wheat futures fell two per cent on Wednesday on profit-taking coupled with forecasts for beneficial rains next week in parts of the southern Plains and the Black Sea region, analysts said. Corn fell in sympathy with wheat and amid U.S. harvest progress while […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: Higher cash price outlook lifts CME live cattle

Oct. 14, 2015 at 5:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures gained on Wednesday, supported by rising wholesale beef values that could help strengthen cash prices as early as Thursday, traders said. Spot October closed 1.325 cents/lb. higher at 133.75 cents, and December up 0.225 cent to 137.425 (all figures US$). […]

By Theopolis Waters

Global markets: Japan, Germany cut economic forecasts

Oct. 14, 2015 at 4:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– The following is a glance at the news moving markets globally. JAPAN CUTS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, ECONOMIC OUTLOOK – The Japanese government downgraded its assessment of industrial production and identified some areas of weakness in a monthly government report released on Wednesday. The reduced forecast for industrial production […]

By MarketsFarm Team