Insights and Stories on Prices

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta bids see slight gains

Jan. 13, 2022 at 2:55 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Alberta feedlots are only buying feed barley and wheat on a hand-to-mouth basis as demand remains unchanged, according to a local trader. “A lot of the feedlots we work with are buying what they needed and getting covered,” said Agfinity Inc. senior trader Erin Harakal from Stony Plain, […]

ICE weekly outlook: Despite declines, signs point to increases for canola

Jan. 12, 2022 at 6:49 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: ‘No fireworks’ in January USDA reports

Jan. 12, 2022 at 6:31 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Hog slaughter hits five-month low on Omicron spread

Jan. 12, 2022 at 6:23 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Wheat futures fall on bigger-than-expected plantings, stocks

Jan. 12, 2022 at 5:57 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures end higher in short-covering bounce

Jan. 11, 2022 at 6:53 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Tuesday, on a technical bounce a day after falling to three-week lows, with optimism about a slight improvement in the U.S. slaughter pace lending support, traders said. But worries about slowdowns at packing plants due to worker […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat up on export business

Jan. 11, 2022 at 5:02 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose about one per cent on Tuesday on a pickup in global export business and short-covering ahead of several key U.S. Department of Agriculture reports due on Wednesday, traders said. Corn and soybean futures edged higher ahead of the reports, which will include […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea prices reverse direction

Jan. 11, 2022 at 4:14 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The chickpea market in Western Canada is undergoing a correction, according to the manager of a pulse buying and processing company in Saskatchewan. With the exception of Desi chickpeas, all varieties of the pulse have seen prices go down two to five cents per pound over the past […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Highs may be in on flax as attention turns to new crop

Jan. 11, 2022 at 4:06 pm CST

MarketsFarm — The highs may be in for flaxseed bids in Western Canada, with end-users covered for the time being as attention turns to the 2022 crop. “(Canadian flax) is expensive relative to other markets,” said analyst Marlene Boersch of Mercantile Consulting, speaking via Zoom in Winnipeg on Tuesday to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hogs sag on Wall Street woes, worker shortages

Jan. 10, 2022 at 8:09 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog and live cattle futures closed lower on Monday, pressured by declines on Wall Street along with slowdowns at slaughterhouses due to worker shortages, traders said. CME February live cattle futures settled down 1.075 cents at 136.25 cents/lb., while March feeder cattle […]

By Reuters