Insights and Stories on Oats Futures

Jul. 13, 2016 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Oat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade have advanced as rain soaks Canada’s crops, but one U.S. analyst doesn’t expect those gains to hold. Close to half of Canada’s seeded oat area is in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada data shows, and some parts of the province have […]

By Jade Markus

Jun. 23, 2016 at 4:46 am CDT

CNS Canada — Oat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade may be trending lower, but any further losses in the futures will only cause basis levels in the Canadian countryside to widen further, as farmers are reluctant to sell below their targeted levels. The delivery specs against CBOT oats […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 10, 2016 at 4:43 pm CST

CNS Canada — Farmers with oats to sell and end-users willing to buy them are far apart in terms of price right now, limiting how much business is actually taking place. Major U.S. customers are well covered for the time being, “with enough to last for a few months worth […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 19, 2015 at 5:13 pm CST

CNS Canada — Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have been creeping higher, which a U.S.-based analyst attributes to increasing demand for minor feed grains. Data from Canada and the U.S. project oat yields to increase from last year, which are capping gains, but at the same time, […]

By Jade Markus

Aug. 17, 2015 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Oats futures in Chicago are trading at their lowest levels in five years, and cash bids in Western Canada are also doing little to encourage farmer selling. September oats at the Chicago Board of Trade settled Monday at US$2.2325, the lowest close for the front-month contract since […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin