Insights and Stories on Prices

U.S. livestock: Hog futures extend rally on cash prices, tight supply

May. 4, 2021 at 7:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures hit contract highs for the third consecutive day on Tuesday as a strong cash market and tight supplies pushed up prices. Solid demand for pork has helped boost the market, with meat processors paying up to buy hogs from producers, […]

Hemp poised for year of gains

May. 3, 2021 at 9:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Klassen: Cattle producers facing drought-like conditions

May. 3, 2021 at 9:16 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Hogs set life-of-contract highs on tightening supplies

May. 3, 2021 at 8:03 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs climb on tightening hog supply

Apr. 30, 2021 at 7:04 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Feed weekly outlook: Solid exports support domestic barley market

Apr. 29, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canada has already exported more barley through the first two-thirds of the 2020-21 marketing year than in any full crop year in over a decade. That solid export pace is keeping domestic prices well supported, with an increase in seeded area in 2021-22 expected. Export data from the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Live cattle gain on grain market uncertainty

Apr. 29, 2021 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures gained on Thursday, as mixed grain trade offered some relief for feed costs, while strong beef demand continued to support prices, traders said. CME’s June live cattle futures added 0.6 cent to 116.05 cents/lb., while August feeder cattle futures gained 0.975 cents […]

By Christopher Walljasper

U.S. livestock: Hog futures gain as supply outlook wanes

Apr. 28, 2021 at 6:09 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures climbed on Wednesday, supported by tight supplies and low inventory of available young hogs for producers as summer demand ramps up, traders said. CME most-active June lean hogs added 2.45 cents, to 109.125 cents/lb., with all contract months but June notching life-of-contract […]

By Christopher Walljasper

ICE weekly outlook: Challenging crop year ahead for canola

Apr. 28, 2021 at 5:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With declines in canola following Statistics Canada’s bullish-leaning projections for acres, it’s becoming more difficult to determine which way prices will trend in coming weeks and months. “Where are prices going to go? In any given year that’s challenging, especially in this year,” said David Derwin, analyst for […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

StatsCan’s projected canola area on low side of expectations

Apr. 27, 2021 at 12:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the market grapples with new planting projections from Statistics Canada, one thing was abundantly clear to MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville: this canola forecast isn’t enough to rectify tight ending stocks. In StatsCan’s survey-based principal field crop areas report, released Tuesday, the federal agency pegged canola acres […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm