Insights and Stories on Prices

Klassen: Stronger live cattle futures enhance feeder demand

Sep. 19, 2023 at 1:49 am CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian grass yearling prices were unchanged to $3/cwt lower on average. Steers held value but heifers had a softer tone. Calf prices were relatively unchanged from seven days earlier. However, weaker barley prices and stronger deferred live cattle prices limited any slippage. The calf market […]

Major grocery chains agree to help stabilize prices, feds say

Sep. 18, 2023 at 7:44 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Steve Scherer

U.S. grains: Corn down on harvest pressure, demand woes

Sep. 18, 2023 at 5:45 pm CDT

By Zachary Goelman

Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to continue own bans on Ukraine grain

Sep. 15, 2023 at 6:20 pm CDT

By Alan Charlish Julia Payne

U.S. livestock: CME cattle touch contract highs on cash prices, tight supplies

Sep. 15, 2023 at 6:01 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

Flax production lowest since 1967, StatCan predicts

Sep. 15, 2023 at 4:44 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After going into its least acres seeded since 1950, the 2023-24 Canadian flax crop is projected to be at its smallest in decades. Statistics Canada (StatCan) reported in its principal field crop estimates on Thursday that 267,900 tonnes of flaxseed are expected to be produced in this year’s […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans down on positioning, crush pace

Sep. 15, 2023 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Friday on technical selling and profit taking after two sessions of gains, and as a monthly crush report showed U.S. processors handled far fewer beans than expected in August. Corn futures followed soybeans lower, with both markets also pressured by improving […]

By Karl Plume

Few surprises in StatCan report, analyst says

Sep. 14, 2023 at 7:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm PRO analyst Mike Jubinville said Statistics Canada’s principal field crop production report, released Thursday, did not contain too many surprises. The agency’s previous report on Aug. 29 already provided insight as to what production numbers were going to be, he said, but still warned the model-based projections in the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: More demand for barley in Alberta

Sep. 14, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As Alberta’s harvest continued, yields and crop conditions have varied across the province, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “There has been such a wide range across the map, it really depends on location,” she said. “We’ve seen some areas that […]

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on signals of supply, weather concerns

Sep. 14, 2023 at 7:24 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures turned higher amid a volatile trading session on Thursday, as commodities traders wrestled with tight domestic supplies and uncertainty over weather impacts on the current U.S. crop. Analysts said that market participants are focusing on how the recent […]

By Zachary Goelman