Insights and Stories on Exports

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie prices remain strong

Dec. 9, 2020 at 8:16 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada held steady during the first week of December as solid export demand from China continues to underpin the domestic feed market. “Demand has backed off a little bit for December. We’ve seen a flattening [of prices], but I think that’s just a […]

ICE weekly outlook: Canola entering holiday mode

Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:46 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. grains: Futures rebound on short covering, pre-report positioning

Dec. 9, 2020 at 7:11 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Short covering, bargain buying lift cattle, hog futures

Dec. 9, 2020 at 6:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume

U.S. throws down CUSMA challenge on Canada’s dairy import limits

Dec. 9, 2020 at 4:50 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on South American rains, slowing demand

Dec. 8, 2020 at 5:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell for a third straight session on Tuesday on slowing export demand and as forecasts for more rain in South American crop areas tempered concerns about tightening supplies. Corn and wheat followed soybeans lower, pressured by improved South American crop prospects and a […]

By Karl Plume

Grain, oilseed exports well ahead of year-ago

Dec. 4, 2020 at 7:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canadian grain exports continue to run at a very solid pace, with canola, wheat and barley movement-to-date all up substantially on the year. Total exports of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds as of Nov. 29 came in at 18.9 million tonnes, according to Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) data. […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed weekly outlook: Export demand supports prices

Dec. 3, 2020 at 6:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices remain strong into the winter, due to steady feedlot demand and solid export activity. Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said feedlots have freed up some pen space after COVID-19 shutdowns created backlogs, but demand remained steady. “There’s more pen space in southern […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures step back on demand uncertainty

Dec. 3, 2020 at 5:26 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Live cattle futures trimmed on Thursday as fears of additional pandemic closures weighed on the demand outlook, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange February live cattle futures fell 1.35 cents to 112.575 cents/lb., the contract’s biggest decline in two weeks (all figures US$). CME January feeder cattle […]

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: Two reports likely to increase canola values

Dec. 2, 2020 at 4:25 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Although canola has seen some backpedalling this week, the markets should get two good shots in the arm from a pair of reports, according to Wayne Palmer, analyst with Exceed Grains in Winnipeg. The first will very likely come from the principal field crops report , to be […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm