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ICE March 2022 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola futures bend under pressure

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — As the speculative longs for ICE Futures canola keep trying to defend their position, trader Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg said the pressure on canola continued to build. That’s especially so with declines over the last few weeks in Chicago soyoil, Malaysian palm oil and European rapeseed, he said. “No one […] Read more
Roquette’s pea processing plant near Portage la Prairie. (Photo courtesy Roquette Canada)
Crops, Markets, Pulses

Pulse weekly outlook: New investments cause for optimism

Sector looking forward beyond challenges of 2021

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canada’s pulse industry had to endure more than its fair share of challenges and obstacles in 2021, domestic and abroad. Nevertheless, the national organization representing pulse growers, traders and processors feels the industry will be strong in the New Year. An already tight supply situation became tighter in 2021 as drought in Western […] Read more
A sunflower crop north of St. Adolphe, Man. on Sept. 19, 2021. (Dave Bedard photo)
Canola, Crops, Markets

USDA expects canola, sunflowers elsewhere to offset Canada’s shortfalls

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Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm –– Good canola and rapeseed crops in Australia and a number of other parts of the world along with large world sunflower seed production should help offset Canada’s smaller-than-expected production somewhat, according to the December oil crops outlook from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total global canola/rapeseed production is now forecast by USDA at […] Read more
CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Soy, corn down on technical selling, Argentine rains

CBOT wheat up off Friday's drop

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell nearly two per cent on Monday and corn futures also declined on a mix of technical selling after last week’s advances and improving prospects for South American production, analysts said. Wheat futures rose on bargain-buying after dipping to a six-week low on Friday. Chicago Board of Trade […] Read more
CME February 2022 lean hogs (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (pink, dark red and black lines). (Barchart)
Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures climb with pork prices

Hog slaughter seen accelerating; beef export picture drags on cattle

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hog futures rebounded on Thursday from four sessions of losses, amid an accelerating slaughter pace and indications that pork prices may be near a bottom following a prolonged slide, traders said. The daily hog slaughter was slower-than-normal earlier this week, which some analysts said may be a […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 corn (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: No significant revisions in new U.S. WASDE report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held its world agriculture supply and demand estimates (WASDE) mostly steady for the month of December — which may result in a lack of price movement on the markets. In its WASDE report released Thursday, USDA projects 598 million bushels of ending domestic wheat stocks for the […] Read more
File photo of goats on display at the Hanover Agricultural Fair in Grunthal, Man. in August 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)
Livestock, Sheep/Goats

U.S. to lift BSE-related rules off sheep, goat imports

New scrapie-specific rules take effect next month

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Reading Time: 3 minutes U.S. restrictions that have hindered that country’s imports of live Canadian sheep and goats, going back to the start of the BSE crisis in 2003, are set to be scrapped and replaced with rules applying specifically to scrapie. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Friday published a new […] Read more
CBOT January 2022 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, green and black lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT soybeans drop

Corn, wheat up off early weakness

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Tuesday, pressured by signs of rising competition on the export market that could lead to a domestic supply glut, traders said. Forecasts for improving crop weather in Brazil and Argentina during January also weighed on the market. Corn and wheat futures ended firm after spending much […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 corn (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, orange and dark green lines). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans fall in risk-off trade

Chicago winter wheat firms

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Monday, with concerns about the spread of Omicron coronavirus variant causing investors to take some risk out of the market, traders said. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data released on Friday afternoon that showed large speculators cut their net longs in both commodities […] Read more
CBOT March 2022 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat slide continues in volatile week

Soybeans rise, corn up on support from crude oil prices

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures slid once again on Friday, after a volatile week in which prices plunged on investor fears about the economic impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, traders said. Wheat prices had steadied early in the day’s session but then started falling again on news that U.S. employment growth […] Read more

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