Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Updated crop supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, released Friday, included only minor changes from the previous month. Larger adjustments are expected after Statistics Canada releases its final production numbers for the year on Dec. 3. Canola and all-wheat ending stocks for the 2020-21 marketing year were both left unchanged at 2.25 […] Read more
Crop stocks forecasts mostly unchanged in AAFC supply/demand report
Corn carryout revised upward
ICE weekly outlook: Canola still climbing, watching beans
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The ICE Futures canola market has trended higher for the past five months and showed no signs of slowing down in mid-November, with prices hitting fresh contract highs on a number of days. January canola hit a session high of $571.40 per tonne, and settled Wednesday at $569.40. Aside from a brief blip […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Bullish USDA report sends soy, corn up sharply
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn yields in the United States ended up much smaller than early expectations, according to updated supply and demand estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The resulting drop in production and ending stocks has sent futures rallying to new contract highs, with more gains likely. Average U.S. soybean […] Read more
Profit-taking cuts into fund net longs in canola, soy
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Fund traders were busy liquidating some of their long positions in canola and soybeans during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders as of Tuesday were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market steady, for now
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The feed grain market in Western Canada remains firm for the time being, but the uncertainty of outside influences makes it difficult to predict where values will go from here. “It is so hard to gauge,” said Susanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, adding “I don’t think anybody can predict […] Read more
Funds’ long position up in canola ahead of selloff
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Fund traders continued to add to their large long positions in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders, as of Tuesday, were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 61,936 […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola’s top likely in for 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The shine has officially come off the ICE Futures canola market, with prices dropping well below their multi-year highs during the last week of October. The most active January contract hit an overnight low of $514 per tonne on Wednesday, but managed to settle at $535.60. That compares with the contract high of […] Read more
Canada’s wheat ending stocks projections raised
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Canadian wheat ending stocks for the current 2020-21 marketing year are forecast to be larger than earlier expectations, according updated supply/demand estimates Thursday from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. All-wheat ending stocks for 2020-21 are now forecast at 6.3 million tonnes, which compares with the September estimate of 5.9 million. The total wheat carryout […] Read more
Fund traders grow long positions in canola, U.S. futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Fund traders were on the buy side in grain and oilseed markets during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money fund traders as of Tuesday were holding a net long position in ICE Futures canola of 56,705 […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Manitoba’s edible beans come off in good shape
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Manitoba’s edible bean harvest wrapped up in much easier fashion in 2020 compared to the snow delays of the previous year, with relatively good quality and yields, according to early indications. “When you don’t get a major snowstorm on Thanksgiving weekend, it makes a difference,” said Manitoba Agriculture pulse specialist Dennis Lange, noting […] Read more
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