Markets
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canadian Pacific Kansas City announced on Monday it broke its grain shipping record for the month of January last month. CPKC transported 2.395 million tonnes, surpassing its own January monthly record from 2023. January’s 24,688 carloads […] Read more
Global Markets: CPKC breaks January grain records
ICE Canada Morning Comment: Canola on the rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were higher on Tuesday morning, gleaning support from increases in the comparable oils. Chicago soyoil was up sharply with more modest gains in soybeans, as well as MATIF rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil. Upticks in crude oil spilled over into the vegetable oils. […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cattle rally, hogs rise
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago cattle rallied on Monday. Lean hogs also rose. Most-active April live cattle futures closed at 239.525 cents a pound, up 2.725 cents. June live cattle gained 2.525 cents to settle at 234.250 cents a pound. Most-traded March feeder cattle contracts closed at 366.350 cents a pound, up 6.075 cents. April feeders gained 5.900 cents […] Read more
Canadian financial close: C$ weakens Monday
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was weaker relative to its United States counterpart on Monday. The Canadian dollar settled at US$0.7312 or US$1=C$1.3676, which compares with Friday’s close of US$0.7374 or US$1=C$1.3562. Investors were taking some of the risk premium out of oil and other commodities as tensions between the U.S. and Iran eased […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat, corn end lower on broad commodities slump
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Chicago Board of Trade soybeans, wheat and corn futures fell on Monday, tracking a slump in broader commodities markets, particularly falling crude oil prices. Chicago Board of Trade most-active soybeans Sv1 settled down four cents to $10.60-1/4 a bushel. Wheat Wv1 closed 10-1/4 cents lower at $5.27-3/4 a bushel, and corn […] Read more
North American Grain/Oilseed Review: Red day for grains, oilseeds
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glacier FarmMedia -– Canola prices on the Intercontinental Exchange weakened on Monday in what an analyst called a “macro selloff” hit the markets, especially in crude oil. Crude oil fell by more than US$3 per barrel as tensions eased between the United States and Iran. Chicago soyoil and Malaysian palm oil were down, while […] Read more
Pulse weekly: Canadian pea/lentil exports slow to start 2025/26
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian pea and lentil exports were down in November, with total movement of the two pulses during the 2025/26 (Aug/Jul) crop year-to-date running behind the year-ago pace, according to the latest international trade data from Statistics Canada released Jan. 29
ICE Midday: Canola down in ‘macro selloff’
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange were weaker in the middle of Monday trading due to what one analyst said was a “macro selloff” in the markets, especially in crude oil. United States President Donald Trump said last weekend that the U.S. and Iran are currently engaged in talks, which sent crude […] Read more
Canadian dollar and business outlook
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia — The Canadian dollar was weaker Monday morning, as losses in crude oil weighed on the energy-linked currency. At 8:58 a.m. CST the Canadian dollar was trading at US$0.7314 or US$1=C$1.3672 which compares with Friday’s close of US$0.7374 or US$1=C$1.3562. Investors were taking some of the risk premium out of oil as tensions […] Read more
Global Markets: China lifts Canadian cattle ban
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Canada will resume beef exports to China after the latter lifted its ban on Canadian cattle. China prohibited Canadian beef exports beginning in late 2021 after bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was found on an Alberta farm. […] Read more
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