Insights and Stories on Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Politics driving trade

Dec. 4, 2024 at 3:39 pm CST

The ICE Futures canola market climbed off nearby lows over the week ended Dec. 4, although the correction ran into resistance and values remain at the whim of outside forces.

Prairie forecast: Melting in the west, milder in the east

Dec. 4, 2024 at 9:56 am CST

By Daniel Bezte

Klassen: Canadian feeder market jumps on trade disruptions

Dec. 3, 2024 at 8:00 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Organic prices: Late November

Nov. 29, 2024 at 3:51 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Upward momentum continues for feeder cattle prices

Nov. 26, 2024 at 7:42 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Feeder market climbs another step

Nov. 19, 2024 at 10:53 am CST

For the week ending November 16, Western Canadian calves over 650 pounds were up $3-$6/cwt compared to seven days earlier. Calves under 650 pounds traded $4/cwt to as much as $10/cwt higher.

By Jerry Klassen

Klassen: Strong demand continues to sustain feeder market

Nov. 12, 2024 at 10:33 am CST

The weaker Canadian dollar has enhanced the feeding margin structure on incoming replacement calves and this translated into stronger values on premium genetic packages. Finishing feedlot operators in Alberta and Ontario were fairly aggressive in Manitoba and Saskatchewan markets.

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids rise, durum down

Nov. 8, 2024 at 10:48 am CST

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were slightly higher than the week before on Nov. 7, 2024. Meanwhile, durum prices were a bit lower.

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE canola outlook: Sideways trade as resistance counters support

Nov. 6, 2024 at 3:24 pm CST

The ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide C$30 per tonne range during the first week of November, with the nearby price trends pointing sideways.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canola speculative short position smallest in year

Nov. 5, 2024 at 3:30 pm CST

Speculators were busy covering short positions and moving more money to the long side of the canola market during the week ended Oct. 29, taking the net short position in the oilseed to its lowest level in over a year, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin