Reading Time: < 1 minute The Western Producer Markets Desk provides daily updates on agricultural markets, with recent video commentary including looks into canola, wheat, cattle and feed grains.
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CBOT weekly: Soybeans/corn showing strength amidst harvest
Reading Time: 1 minute Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were showing some strength during the first week of October, despite seasonal harvest pressure keeping a lid on the upside.
‘Nothing bullish’ for sliding oats market
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have trended steadily lower for the past three months, with cash bids in Western Canada seeing a similar trend.
Prairie spring wheat bids soften with U.S. futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada were weaker during the week ended Oct. 2, as losses in United States futures and seasonal harvest pressure weighed on values.
Feed barley under pressure, watching to see ‘who blinks first’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Ample supplies and a lack of demand are weighing on Western Canadian feed barley in early October, with both buyers and sellers reluctant to push values one way or the other.
Manitoba harvest 72 per cent done: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Manitoba farmers made good harvest progress during the last week of September, with 72 per cent of the crop in the bin as of Oct. 1, said the latest provincial report. That was up from 56 per cent done the previous week.
New Pulse Variety Hub launched in Saskatchewan
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pulse Variety Hub is a new digital platform from the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers to help producers select the best varieties for their specific growing conditions.
U.S. livestock: Cattle markets up ahead of report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger on Friday, with positioning ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest cattle on feed report behind much of the activity. The report came out after the markets closed, with placements in August down 10 per cent on the year at 1.78 million head and marketings […] Read more
Rains slow Saskatchewan harvest: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Widespread rainfall slowed the harvest progress across Saskatchewan during the week ended Sept. 15, according to the latest provincial report.
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