Insights and Stories on Crude Oil

CBOT weekly outlook: More acres, smaller yields anticipated in U.S.

Sep. 7, 2022 at 6:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the next supply and demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), due out Monday, Allendale Inc. president Steve Georgy said corn and soybean acres are likely to increase, while yields are to decrease. Georgy projected USDA will up its call on U.S. planted corn […]

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn, soy fall on economic concerns

Sep. 1, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn down on recession fears, profit-taking

Aug. 30, 2022 at 8:13 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Surge in U.S. renewable diesel supply won’t offset loss of petroleum diesel

Jun. 21, 2022 at 4:56 am CDT

By Laura Sanicola

‘Petro-plectic’ anger rises toward fuel prices

Jun. 6, 2022 at 9:16 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: ‘Meltdown’ not yet on canola market radar

Jun. 1, 2022 at 5:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There’s more to the sharp decline in U.S. wheat and corn futures than the possibility of Ukrainian exports returning to the global market along with the massive liquidation of longs, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. “My theory with what is going on is […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Saskatchewan budget aims to spur ag investment

Mar. 23, 2022 at 8:08 pm CDT

Sweetening existing tax credits on big-ticket investments, and setting up a new Crown corporation to support Indigenous investors, are among the items expected to help encourage new value-added ag projects in Saskatchewan’s latest budget. Provincial Finance Minister Donna Harpauer on Wednesday released her 2022-23 budget with $17.6 billion in expenditures […]

By Dave Bedard

ICE weekly outlook: Strong canola market to ‘see both sides of rainbow’

Mar. 23, 2022 at 3:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts climbed to their highest levels ever during the week ended Wednesday before running into some profit-taking resistance. Its general uptrend remains intact for the time being, but a downturn is also inevitable. The nearby May canola contract hit a session high of $1,177.80 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Fuel prices may remain high beyond Russian invasion, expert says

Mar. 22, 2022 at 4:52 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The decision by the U.S. to halt the import of Russian petroleum products due to the country’s invasion of Ukraine created sticker shock at the pumps in North America — but an end to that invasion would not necessarily mean an end to high fuel prices. On March […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME cattle up amid weak broader markets

Mar. 15, 2022 at 6:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures climbed on Tuesday as investors looked for safety amid weaker broader markets. “With oil prices giving up gains the last couple days, the reverse happened in cattle,” said Altin Kalo, Economist at Steiner Consulting Group. CME’s most-active June live cattle added […]

By Reuters