Reading Time: < 1 minute Estimates for U.S. corn and soybeans are perhaps too low and wheat prices are set to increase due to smaller global supplies.
CBOT Weekly: Trade too low on U.S. corn, soybeans ahead of S/D report
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Strong gains for red spring varieties
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat cash prices in Western Canada posted double-digit increases for the week ended Oct. 3, while durum bids were up much more modestly.
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Combining in Saskatchewan ahead of five-year average
Reading Time: 2 minutes Harvesting in Saskatchewan is in the home stretch as warm and dry conditions for the week ended Sept. 30 saw a 12-point gain to 91 per cent complete, the provincial agriculture department reported.
CBOT Weekly: USDA report, short-covering raising prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes The USDA Quarterly Grain Stocks report as of Sept. 1 caused prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to rise during the week ended Oct. 2, 2024.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Most Western Canadian wheat bids rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian wheat bids were mostly higher during the week ended Sept. 5, following the lead of United States wheat futures. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported the country’s spring wheat harvest to be 70 per cent complete as of the start of September, matching the five-year average and being two points ahead of last […] Read more
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prairie wheat bids trend lower with U.S. futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat bids in Western Canada fell sharply lower during the week ended June 13, seeing a continuation of the previous week’s declines as losses in the United States futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent) wheat prices were down by C$16.00 to C$18.40 per tonne across the Prairies, according […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Lean hogs rally on pork demand outlook, rising commodities prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures rallied in tandem with other commodities markets on Tuesday as signs of tightening supplies and a favorable pork demand outlook supported prices, traders said.
Prairie cash wheat: Bids book week of losses
U.S. wheat futures down on week
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids took a tumble with durum prices having the largest losses during the week ended Oct. 26. U.S. wheat futures were pressured throughout the week as rains fell on winter wheat-growing areas in the country, as well as in Argentina, Ukraine and Australia. Export sales for U.S. wheat were lower […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: durum soars as red spring falls back
Steep increases following Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports were gone by mid-week
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – There were sharp increases in durum across Western Canada for the week ended July 27, while spring wheat incurred small to moderate declines. There were gains in Minneapolis spring wheat, while Kansas City and Chicago winter wheat contracts slipped back. At the beginning of the week there were steep increases for wheat as […] Read more
Saskatchewan crops a mixed bag
Some cereal crops beyond harvesting with plans to salvage for feed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Marketsfarm – There was a wide mixture of the results in the latest crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. Parts of the province were hobbled by drought conditions, while other areas received upwards to 40 millimetres of rain following a series of thunderstorms during the week of July 18 to 26. The desiccation of pulse crops […] Read more
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