Insights and Stories on Prices

Pulse weekly outlook: Lack of willing sellers underpins prices

Mar. 24, 2020 at 6:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Pea and lentil bids in Western Canada are holding relatively steady for the time being, despite anecdotal reports of increased international demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with attention soon shifting to spring seeding. A lack of willing sellers is keeping pulse bids underpinned in Western Canada, according […]

Klassen: Feeder market remains vulnerable

Mar. 24, 2020 at 10:37 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Pulse weekly outlook: Bids underpin Manitoba edible bean area

Mar. 10, 2020 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Soft demand weighs on prices

Mar. 5, 2020 at 7:31 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: Canola values stuck in a range

Feb. 19, 2020 at 7:55 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Chickpea market steady, waits for next wave of demand

Feb. 19, 2020 at 7:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Demand for chickpeas often comes in waves, with the market currently in a lull waiting for the next swell. The last demand cycle came in early January, and the market has lacked “any kind of enthusiasm” over the past month, according to Colin Young of Midwest Grain at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sudan to continue to subsidize bread but with ‘justice’

Feb. 12, 2020 at 9:47 am CST

Khartoum | Reuters — Sudan will continue to subsidize bread prices during transitional rule after Omar al-Bashir’s ouster but wants to achieve “justice” in distributing income supports, its trade and industry minister said on Wednesday. Bread shortages, caused by difficulties in raising hard currency to import wheat, triggered mass protests […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Buyers not looking to make purchases

Feb. 6, 2020 at 11:55 am CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices were beginning to soften as many buyers don’t have a major need to purchase from growers, said Nelson Neumann, senior trader for Agfinity in Stony Plain, Alta. “There’s still obviously a demand, but buyers are pretty well covered for the February-March timeframe. That’s a window […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Rye production likely won’t increase in 2020

Feb. 5, 2020 at 10:19 am CST

MarketsFarm — Strong prices served as an incentive for farmers to plant more rye in 2019, but one grower believes there won’t be as much production in 2020 due to the wet fall. “Winter cereals got seeded, but not the acres guys were planning,” said Brad White, a Saskatchewan farmer […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Pulse weekly outlook: More acres sought for 2020

Feb. 5, 2020 at 10:07 am CST

MarketsFarm — Planting intentions for red and green lentils and other pulses have been looking good for 2020 — but that might change somewhat because prices have slipped a little, said Marcos Mosnaim of Globeways Canada in Mississauga. Discussing pulse crops at a farm show last month in Saskatoon, Mosnaim […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm