Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. grains: Soy futures rebound on declining crop condition

Jul. 7, 2021 at 4:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Wednesday, recouping a portion of heavy losses from a day earlier, as a lower-than-expected U.S. crop rating tempered hopes that rain will improve field conditions. Rains from Friday into next week will offer timely moisture for corn that […]

Hot weather cuts into Canadian mustard crop

Jul. 6, 2021 at 8:28 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle futures jump as grain costs tumble

Jul. 6, 2021 at 7:49 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Klassen: Feeder market calm but firm

Jul. 5, 2021 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids spike

Jul. 4, 2021 at 1:44 am CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices dip in Alberta, steady to higher elsewhere

Jul. 2, 2021 at 7:33 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Alberta pulled back a little this week — and it wasn’t because the province has generally received more rain than the other two Prairie provinces. “There hasn’t been the demand as we typically have at this time of year,” Erin Harakal, […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Organic markets in full summer slowdown mode

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff The summer doldrums have set in on the Canadian organic markets, with prices holding relatively steady and not much moving as sights settle in on the new crop. “It’s been relatively slow,” said Jason Charles of Minnesota-based Pipeline Foods, which also operates facilities in […]

By OrganicBiz

Organic price quotes: June

Jul. 1, 2021 at 6:03 pm CDT

See also: Organic markets in full summer slowdown mode

By OrganicBiz

ICE weekly outlook: Volatility to come for canola market

Jun. 30, 2021 at 5:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Record-breaking temperatures in British Columbia, lingering extreme heat in the Prairie provinces and little to no precipitation have strengthened an ongoing rally in the ICE Futures canola market. One trader, however, warns that canola contracts may be in for a mercurial few weeks. “We’re clearly in a weather […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Klassen: Yearling prices consolidate, calf values soften

Jun. 29, 2021 at 5:43 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearling prices were relatively unchanged; however, calves weighing 500 to 700 lbs. were $2-$4 lower. Featherlight bawlers under 500 lbs. were down $6-$8 from seven days earlier. Strong feedlot buying interest supported quality groups of yearlings. Feed barley prices were down $5-$10 per tonne […]

By Jerry Klassen