Insights and Stories on Prices

Prairie cash wheat: Prices booked remarkable upswing in 2021

Dec. 24, 2021 at 4:02 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There were huge gains in wheat prices in Western Canada this past year. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats shot up by $200 per tonne or more, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) spiked well in excess of $400 per […]

U.S. grains: Corn futures near six-month high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:31 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures touch four-week high

Dec. 23, 2021 at 8:01 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

ICE weekly outlook: Holiday canola trading is anyone’s guess

Dec. 22, 2021 at 6:31 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soy, corn futures extend rally

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:31 pm CST

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: CME hogs approach four-week high

Dec. 22, 2021 at 5:22 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped to their highest prices in about four weeks on Wednesday, while cattle futures also advanced. Futures could come under pressure early on Thursday from monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture data that showed frozen pork supplies on Nov. 30 were down […]

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn up, but highs may not last

Dec. 22, 2021 at 1:49 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Corn, wheat and soybeans were all trading on a positive note at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) just days before the winter holidays. According to Scott Capinegro, a broker for Barrington Commodity Brokers at Lake Barrington, Ill., a greater appetite for risk by investors and inclement weather […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME hogs near one-month high on smaller herd estimates

Dec. 21, 2021 at 7:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rallied on Tuesday amid expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture will confirm a smaller pig herd in a report due out on Thursday, analysts said. USDA, in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report, is expected to show the herd was about […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans hit summertime-level highs

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:55 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Unfavourable dryness in crop-growing areas of South America on Tuesday pushed Chicago Board of Trade corn futures to their highest price since July and soybeans to an August high, analysts said. Wheat futures also rallied. South American weather was in the spotlight amid concerns about dry […]

By Tom Polansek

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils steady during holidays

Dec. 21, 2021 at 4:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There isn’t much movement in lentil prices as the market is in holiday mode, according to Dale McManus of Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. “We’re doing two or three loads every second or third day, but not over-pushing it,” he said. Prices for lentils have been very steady […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm