Insights and Stories on Markets

Bison industry expanding, becoming mainstream

Jun. 7, 2023 at 5:37 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The Canadian bison industry has been through some difficult times during the last few years but is now emerging from those doldrums, according to Manitoba Bison Association president Robert Johnson. “Between the two drought years and the COVID-19 pandemic, then high feed prices, probably the last two years […]

CBOT weekly outlook: Ending stocks of corn, soy predicted to rise

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat futures snap winning streak

Jun. 7, 2023 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans rise ahead of USDA report

Jun. 6, 2023 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

crude oil markets after saudi arabia production cut

Extent of Saudi oil production cut unclear

Jun. 6, 2023 at 1:19 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Texas flooding lifts Canadian feeder market

Jun. 6, 2023 at 6:47 am CDT

For the week ending Sunday, western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded $6-$8 higher. In some cases, quality yearling packages traded as much as $10 above week-ago levels. Live and feeder cattle futures closed the week US$8-$9 higher as traders monitored flooding conditions in Texas. Alberta packers were buying fed cattle […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures sag on demand woes

Jun. 5, 2023 at 4:27 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, retreating from gains made during the overnight trading session on signs that already light export demand for U.S. supplies had weakened further, traders said. Wheat futures were firm, with the biggest gains being notched by […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Corn, soy up on weather worries, macroeconomic optimism

Jun. 2, 2023 at 6:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures closed higher on Friday, lifted by bargain-buying following this week’s multi-month lows, dryness in the Midwest crop belt and spillover strength from equities and crude oil, traders said. Wheat followed the firm trend, drawing additional support from weather concerns in China […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Plenty of plantings, bids scarce

Jun. 2, 2023 at 1:56 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty Glacier FarmMedia staff While organic growers are busy planting their crops, buyers are having a wait-and-see attitude before putting forward any price bids. Warm and dry weather on the Prairies has helped spring seeding advance quickly over the past month and growers are hopeful that recent conditions […]

By OrganicBiz

Feed weekly outlook: Weather market will determine grain prices

Jun. 1, 2023 at 4:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – To Glen Loyns of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask., feed grains on the Canadian Prairies are in a weather market, with prices for barley, wheat and corn quite able to go either way. “If it rains it’s going to be weak. If it’s dry it’s going to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm