Insights and Stories on Prices

ICE weekly outlook: For canola, the only certainty is volatility

Apr. 14, 2021 at 8:22 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After starting this week with losses, canola bounced back with back-to-back gains, raising prices by more than $20 per tonne for old-crop after falling back $4-$5 on Monday. Errol Anderson, an analyst with ProMarket Communications in Calgary, emphasized there will be a good amount of volatility in the […]

Klassen: Stronger demand drives feeder market

Apr. 12, 2021 at 10:07 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Live cattle ease after week of rising cash cattle, beef prices

Apr. 9, 2021 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Feed weekly outlook: Alternatives in greater demand

Apr. 8, 2021 at 8:14 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs strengthen on strong demand, firm exports

Apr. 8, 2021 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Christopher Walljasper

Spring wheat slowly regains premiums

Apr. 7, 2021 at 9:34 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Nearby Minneapolis spring wheat contracts have historically traded at a premium compared to their Chicago and Kansas City soft wheat counterparts. And after a winter during which that premium had all but disappeared, spring wheat has so far made gains in 2021. Since the start of the year, […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Flax area seen expanding on strongest prices ever

Apr. 7, 2021 at 8:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — To MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville, there’s no doubt that flaxseed acres in Canada will increase in 2021. In Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) March supply and demand estimates, the department projected flax acres to jump 22 per cent in 2021-22 at about 1.14 million, up from nearly […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil values mainly steady

Apr. 6, 2021 at 4:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — There hasn’t been much change in lentil prices over the last week and at least one marketer expects there likely won’t be any when it comes to the amount of lentils that Canadian farmers plant in 2021. “[Lentil prices] are just softer than what they were. There’s no […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Live cattle, lean hogs set new contract highs

Apr. 5, 2021 at 5:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Strong meat demand pushed U.S. live cattle and lean hog futures to new contract highs on Monday. The cattle market benefited from increasing demand for beef as the U.S. is entering the summer grilling season, analysts said. Prices for choice cuts of boxed beef soared by […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures notch contract highs

Apr. 1, 2021 at 8:07 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. lean hog futures rose on Thursday, with several contract months including the benchmark June setting life-of-contract highs on firm cash markets and strong demand for pork, traders said. Chicago Mercantile Exchange June lean hogs settled up 1.025 cents at 106.325 cents/lb., after recording a contract […]

By Julie Ingwersen