Insights and Stories on Prices

Feed weekly outlook: Overwintered barley beats expectations

May. 7, 2020 at 5:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Last fall’s remaining barley crops coming off the field this spring were at risk of causing a supply glut in feed grain markets. Luckily, however, those overwintered barley crops are in better-than-expected condition, and not all of them are going into the feed market. “We thought there would […]

Trump asks U.S. Justice Department to look into meat price disparities

May. 7, 2020 at 1:51 am CDT

By Reuters

ICE weekly outlook: Canola acres could be in flux

May. 6, 2020 at 5:34 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn could move below $3, analyst says

May. 6, 2020 at 5:17 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil exports up on year

May. 5, 2020 at 7:25 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures climb with wholesale meat prices

May. 1, 2020 at 7:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed higher on Friday after touching a three-week top, buoyed by firm cash cattle values and surging wholesale beef prices as labor shortages slow the U.S. slaughter pace, traders said. New-month buying by speculators may have also lent support, they said. Chicago […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea acreage expected lower

Apr. 30, 2020 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — High global prices in the 2017-18 marketing year caused a global spike in chickpea production in 2018. It’s since taken a while for consumers to “chew through supplies,” which has put pressure on prices, according to Chuck Penner of LeftField Commodities. In a kabuli chickpea global outlook webinar […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: Prices soft on lack of demand

Apr. 29, 2020 at 8:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Technical buying was a supportive factor on the Chicago Board of Trade in late April, but commodity futures were broadly lower due to a lack of export activity. However, China reportedly remains committed to fulfilling its end of its Phase One trade agreement with the United States. Although […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Active planting weighs on corn

Apr. 27, 2020 at 5:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago corn futures slid on Monday on favourable U.S. planting weather coupled with struggling crude oil prices that continue to pressure demand for corn-based ethanol, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures slipped to one-month lows as expected rain across Europe eased concerns about […]

By Christopher Walljasper

Canada sees no beef shortage, but prices may rise due to coronavirus

Apr. 21, 2020 at 2:55 pm CDT

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters –– The Canadian government is not expecting a beef shortage despite the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in certain meat-packing plants, though prices may rise, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday. Trudeau added that beef producers are placing a priority on supplying the Canadian market before […]

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel