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Oilseed crush down, grain deliveries rise in June: StatCan

Canadian grain deliveries reached a three-month high in June

Reading Time: < 1 minute  Marketsfarm – Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its June oilseed crush and grain delivery statistics, showing a small decline for the former, but a large gain for the latter from the month before.  Oilseed processors in Canada crushed 772,345 tonnes of canola last month, as well as 139,164 tonnes of soybeans for the month of June […] Read more



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Plenty of upside for falling flax prices

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – One of the most expensive crops grown in the Prairies is losing some of its value. While flaxseed prices in Western Canada are still at or above those from last year, they have come down by at least 15 per cent since last month. The high-delivered bid for flax in Saskatchewan is C$28 […] Read more



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Speculators bail out of long positions in canola

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm – Speculators continued to bail out of long positions in the ICE Futures canola market during the week ended June 21, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report compiled by the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The net managed money long position in ICE Futures canola came in at 25,117 […] Read more


ICE May 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger (20,2) bands, July 2021 canola (green line) and November 2021 canola (black line). (Barchart)

ICE weekly outlook: USDA reports could spur record canola acres

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — After May and July canola contracts took hefty hits over the past the week, they skyrocketed to close out the calendar month following a pair of reports from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The department on Wednesday issued its first survey-based prospective planting report for 2021, which called for increased acres for […] Read more

“There are a few paths to higher soybean prices,” Shaw says. Watch October weather in South America, and keep your fingers crossed for trade peace.

Canadian farmers enter a challenging soybean market

Soybean fundamentals have changed and may never go back. What’s a grower to do?

Reading Time: 5 minutes Soybeans can be a real adventure. Growing them can certainly be a challenge. There is a lot more to soybeans than simply putting them in the ground and watching them grow. Soybeans are also big business in Canada. From the research labs across Canada to the ports and processing plants where they are shipped and […] Read more


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Canola futures continue their slide

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada – Canola futures slid to their lowest levels in 15 months during the week ended Nov. 9, but managed to uncover some support to the downside and could be consolidating. While off-the combine deliveries were slowing down with the advent of winter, the commercial pipeline is still filled with recently harvested canola supplies. […] Read more

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ADM earnings double, helped by U.S.-China trade row

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters – Archer Daniels Midland Co’s net profits doubled in the second quarter and beat Wall Street estimates, after a drought in Argentina and the U.S.-China trade spat boosted the U.S. grain merchant’s trading and oilseed processing businesses. Shares were up 1 percent at $47.86 after touching a three-year high on the New […] Read more