Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle touch three-month lows

Sep. 7, 2021 at 5:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures slid to three-month lows on Tuesday, as beef demand slows, leaving cattle producers with ample supply as packer demand softens, traders said. “Packers are bought for a long ways out — have a lot of inventory,” said Scott Varilek, broker […]

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpeas find high-priced silver lining

Sep. 7, 2021 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle lower as beef prices cool

Sep. 2, 2021 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Tight supplies underpin oat bids with demand rationing expected

Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle end up off six-session skid

Sep. 1, 2021 at 8:10 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans sag on export worries after Ida

Sep. 1, 2021 at 6:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell about two per cent on Wednesday, with the benchmark December contract hitting a seven-week low as worries about shipping delays from the U.S. Gulf Coast triggered a round of long liquidation, analysts said. Soybean futures touched a two-month low and wheat followed […]

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures slide, cash prices might not follow

Sep. 1, 2021 at 4:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — If the October soyoil contract on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) falls to 55 U.S. cents/lb., it’s likely ICE Futures canola will drop to around $850 per tonne, according to analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary. ICE November canola closed Wednesday at $890.80 per tonne, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Tight Canadian supplies to cut into exports

Aug. 31, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian pulse supplies during the 2021-22 marketing year will be the tightest of the past decade due to drought during the growing season, with the country likely to be a much smaller player in the international export market for peas, lentils and chickpeas as a result. Statistics Canada […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle fall to lowest in three weeks

Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:22 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures dropped to their lowest prices in more than three weeks on Tuesday as boxed beef prices continued to weaken amid expectations for reduced demand, analysts said. Lean hog futures also declined as traders adjusted positions on the last day of […]

By Tom Polansek

Argentina extends beef export cap, stoking farm tensions

Aug. 31, 2021 at 5:11 pm CDT

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Argentina extended beef export restrictions until the end of October on Tuesday, stoking tensions with the powerful farm sector as the government seeks to bolster domestic meat supply to help contain rising food prices. The move comes months before key mid-term elections, with centre-left President […]

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