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High priced U.S. soybeans/corn due for correction

Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – With United States soybean and corn harvests nearing completion, anecdotal reports point to better-than-expected yields for both crops that could weigh on futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade. “It’s amazing that here in the U.S. we have a good corn and soybean crop, considering how dry […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Winter price movement awaits chickpeas after harvest

Nov. 2, 2021 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

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CBOT weekly outlook: Potential U.S.-China trade deal moving markets

Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Port of Churchill out of commission for two years

Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Alberta reckons with poor quality, low crop yields

Aug. 13, 2021 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to decline in September

Aug. 12, 2021 at 3:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – As the harvest approaches, the yield potential for feed grains in Alberta may depend on where they are grown, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. in Stony Plain, Alta. “From what I hear, it’s going to be a bit lower (than average), (but) I think […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse weekly outlook: Harvesting begins for Alberta pulses

Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – After a hot and dry summer which scorched all of Western Canada, pulses are ready to come off the fields in Alberta. “The south is going pretty strong. South of Calgary is already pretty much done on peas. Quite a bit of lentils would be done already, too,” […]

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE weekly outlook: Major canola supply issues ahead

Aug. 11, 2021 at 4:53 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – There’s a looming problem that’s on the verge of surfacing in the Canadian canola market – many growers will be unable to fulfill their contracts due to lower production. The drought across the Prairies dashed canola production estimates from the initially anticipated 20 million tonnes, to something that […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: USDA forecast depends on ‘a lot of moving parts’

Aug. 10, 2021 at 3:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm – Analysts are finding the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2021-22 monthly crop estimates, which will be released on Aug. 12, to be very hard to predict. “It seems to me that the range for corn guesses are way, way wider than what we’re getting for new crop […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Sask. Crop Report: Harvests ahead of schedule

Aug. 6, 2021 at 9:35 am CDT

MarketsFarm – The annual harvest in Saskatchewan is moving along earlier and faster than usual as crops dry down to high heat and lack of moisture. Three per cent of Saskatchewan’s crop has been combined, compared to the less than one per cent at this point last year, according to […]

By Adam Peleshaty