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Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market

Dec. 19, 2024 at 10:54 am CST

Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.

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CBOT Weekly: Chicago soy complex tumbles, grains weaken

Dec. 18, 2024 at 3:56 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie spring wheat bids rise as loonie falls

Dec. 13, 2024 at 12:00 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CBOT Weekly: WASDE report brings surprise cut to corn

Dec. 11, 2024 at 3:08 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

USDA cuts corn ending stocks estimate, soybeans unchanged

Dec. 10, 2024 at 12:01 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Bearish speculative bets rise in canola futures

Dec. 9, 2024 at 11:02 am CST

Speculative fund traders were busy putting on fresh bearish bets in early December, taking the net managed money short position back above 100,000 contracts for the first time in two months, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, corn the same price

Dec. 5, 2024 at 2:57 pm CST

Domestic feed barley and United States corn imports are pretty much the same price in Western Canada, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

More wheat, less canola in 2024/25 says Statistics Canada

Dec. 5, 2024 at 1:23 pm CST

While Statistics Canada reported more wheat was grown in 2024/25, canola production fell back as the agency issued its principal field crops report on Dec. 5.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT Weekly: Trade focuses on tariffs, USDA report next

Dec. 4, 2024 at 3:27 pm CST

Proposed tariffs imposed on Canadian and Mexican imports into the U.S. gave the Chicago Board of Trade a lot to think about during the week ended Dec. 4, 2024.

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Soybeans recoup losses, but Brazil crop outlook caps gains

Dec. 3, 2024 at 2:35 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures rebounded on Tuesday in a short-covering and bargain-buying bounce from the prior day's losses, although gains were limited by favorable crop prospects in South America, where Brazil is due to harvest a record crop early next year.

By Karl Plume Reuters