Insights and Stories on Prices

Feed weekly outlook: Bids rising in Saskatchewan

Jul. 23, 2021 at 4:13 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices in Western Canada are continuing their ongoing rise as heat and dryness cover the region. “For feed wheat (on Tuesday), I finally got a bid of $10 per bushel, which is really an amazing bid,” said Dale McManus, broker for Johnston Grains at Welwyn, Sask. […]

U.S. livestock: Live cattle up on export demand

Jul. 22, 2021 at 6:35 pm CDT

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: CME cattle, hog contracts end firm

Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices seen as too high, sales stalling

Jul. 20, 2021 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs firm on strong pork demand

Jul. 20, 2021 at 4:55 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle firm on tighter supplies

Jul. 19, 2021 at 6:37 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures climbed on Monday, as supplies tightened in the northern U.S. Plains, traders said. “You’ve got a lot of empty yards,” said Scott Varilek, broker at Kooima Kooima Varilek Trading Inc. “We don’t have a lot of large supplies, large runs. […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Flax prices expected to push higher

Jul. 19, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Although flax prices have held pretty much steady over the last few weeks, prices will soon increase, according to Dale Johnston of Johnston Seeds at Welwyn, Sask. Johnston said prices for old-crop brown and yellow flax were presently about $24 per bushel. New-crop flax was at $18/bu. “By […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Firm cash markets lift hog futures

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:50 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures closed higher on Friday as firm U.S. cash markets and rising pork prices underscored tight hog supplies, analysts said. News of the first confirmed cases of African swine fever in farmed pigs in Germany added support, raising uncertainty about pork […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat posts biggest weekly climb in six years

Jul. 16, 2021 at 6:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures rose about three per cent on Friday and recorded their largest weekly gain in six years as parched conditions for North American spring wheat and adverse weather in Europe and Russia stoked concern about global supplies. Soybean futures ended higher on uncertainty about […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Heat reducing potential yields, raising prices

Jul. 15, 2021 at 7:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The hot and dry summer that has enveloped all of Western Canada is already bringing down projected yields for feed grains, creating an inverse effect on prices. “We’re losing the crop here right now with the heat and lack of moisture across the Prairies and the northern Plains […]

By Adam Peleshaty