Markets
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were lower on Wednesday morning, after the market was closed yesterday for a holiday. While the nearby November contract continued to hover above C$600 per tonne, it dipped below that level before returning above that mark. The advancing Prairie harvest, along with declines […] Read more
ICE Canada Morning Comment: November canola around C$600
U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn and soybean futures were lower on Monday in choppy trade, pressured by the expanding Midwest harvest of both crops, but uncertainty about quarterly government stocks data due on Tuesday kept a floor under prices, analysts said.
U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures ticked lower on Monday in a technical pullback after futures surged in the previous session, traders said. The U.S. Department of Agriculture in its quarterly Hogs and Pigs report on Thursday said the nation’s inventory on September 1 was 74.5 million head, down 1.3 per […] Read more
Canadian Financial Close: Loonie dips with drop in crude
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar stepped back a tenth of a cent on Monday, due to sharp declines in crude oil while losses in the United States dollar tempered any further pull backs. The loonie closed at US$0.7183 or US$1=C$1.3921 compared to Friday’s close of US$0.7173 or US$1=C$1.33941. […] Read more
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Canola drops, U.S. grain mixed
Reading Time: 3 minutes Glacier FarmMedia — Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange ended Monday on a low note, being pressured by the harvest, weaker comparable oils and by the funds shifting from a near record long to going short. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Friday, using Statistics Canada data. The 2025-26 […] Read more
More canola among AAFC’s 2025/26 projections
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada made several upward adjustments to its supply and demand estimates, after including the data from the Statistics Canada production update earlier this month.
ICE Midday: Canola under pressure from oils, harvest
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange took another step lower in the middle of Monday trading, weakened by comparable oils and harvest pressure. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Friday, using Statistics Canada’s numbers to project the 2025-26 canola crop at 20.028 million tonnes, below some […] Read more
Global Markets: AAFC releases September estimates
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released its September principal field crop estimates on Sept. 26. The production forecast for 2025-26 canola was 20.028 million tonnes. Some in the trade believe the crop could exceed 21 million. Exports […] Read more
ICE Canada Morning Comment: Canola to the downside
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures slipped back on Monday morning, due to pressure from losses in comparable oils. Chicago soybeans and soyoil plus Malaysian palm oil were to the downside while MATIF rapeseed was mixed. Losses in crude oil added more pressure on the vegetable oils. Agriculture and […] Read more
Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: Loonie higher, crude oil sinks
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The Canadian dollar made a small gain coming out of the weekend on Monday morning. The loonie was at US$0.7178 or US$1=C$1.3931 as of 8:27 a.m. CDT, compared to Friday’s close at US$0.7173 or US$1=C$1.3941. The United States Dollar Index was down 0.30 of a point at 97.86. Crude […] Read more
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