Reading Time: 5 minutes Speculation about the impending death of Winnipeg canola futures misses the mark, industry watchers say Winnipeg’s canola futures have plenty of life left, say experts who refute any predictions about the inevitability of a death watch for the market. A year ago, record open interest was being set in the canola market, but when June 2013 […] Read more
Not dead yet
Make it the right name
Starting a new venture? Need a corporate name? Follow these pointers for a name you’ll be proud of
Reading Time: 4 minutes Naming your farm or your business can be even more difficult than naming your children, where at least you can buy a book or click on a website with all the possibilities. The potential range of business names, by contrast, is virtually as wide as you can imagine. It also doesn’t matter if it turns […] Read more
Is it market information, or only market noise?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Clearly, times have changed. When it comes to market analysis, we’ve seen a complete transformation. My career began way back around 1980 with Alberta Wheat Pool and its internal publication called Market Update. This publication basically tried to figure out supply and demand tables while keeping tabs of the latest weather forecasts and factoring them […] Read more
Can the good times last?
Reading Time: 3 minutes Global financial markets are so volatile, we can’t help telling ourselves. Can we really expect grain markets to have long-term strength when the economic times are so turbulent? My question is slightly different. Can market analysis help us find a commodity market’s long-term direction, when there’s a long-term direction to find? Commodity markets produced many […] Read more
How to market in these turbulent times
Reading Time: 3 minutes During periods of unstable financial markets, commodities take on a different personality. Uncertainty breeds fear. Buyers fade out of the picture, and although farmers typically focus on the supply side of market fundamentals, the maket sees supply as only half the equation. If buyers reduce their buying, it doesn’t matter how tight supplies are on […] Read more
How to market in these turbulent times
Reading Time: 3 minutes During periods of unstable financial markets, commodities take on a different personality. Uncertainty breeds fear. Buyers fade out of the picture, and although farmers typically focus on the supply side of market fundamentals, the maket sees supply as only half the equation. If buyers reduce their buying, it doesn’t matter how tight supplies are on […] Read more
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