Spot cash bids for domestic “feed” wheat have hit $7.50/bu, surpassing the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB)’s export price for mid-grade wheats in terms of the net price paid to farms […] Read more
Market Insight: “Feed” wheat market beats CWB
Market Insight: Mustard stocks seen tight
Statistics Canada reported new crop mustard acres at 490,000, only 55,000 acres above last year and well below what the market requires for the coming year. Carry-in stocks are at […] Read more
Market Insight: Flax at historic highs
Commercial, conventionally-grown flax has climbed to $20 per bushel in value this week, net to farmers in various parts of the eastern Prairie growing region. Elevators’ posted bids have been […] Read more
Market Insight: Dry bean stocks, acres down
Dry edible bean supplies have been falling in Canada in recent years, and are poised to drop again by the end of 2008-09 to historically very tight levels. FarmLink is […] Read more
Market Insight: Lentil supply/demand bullish
Lentil prices remain at very high levels. Export demand is beyond what the Canadian market can supply in 2007-08, and the seeded area has fallen well short of what prices […] Read more
Market Insight: Barley upside may be limited
If markets were only about supply, the barley market would have the potential to be very strong this coming year. Ending stocks at the end of the 2007-08 marketing year […] Read more
Market Insight: U.S. weather sparks rallies
U.S. futures markets in recent days have rallied sharply in response to increasingly irreversible damage to 2008 yield potential as a result of ongoing heavy rains. Last Thursday, reports of […] Read more
Market Insight: Oats steady
Over the past few weeks, oat cash prices have been basically flat in Western Canada with the market well-balanced in terms of bullish and bearish factors, keeping prices between about […] Read more
Market Insight: Canola stuck in narrow range
Canola prices continue to be stuck in the same narrow trading range that has held since April. The July futures contract is showing strong support near $590 per tonne, but […] Read more
Market Insight: Lack of CWB pricing info frustrating
May 28 — It is getting very late in the game to be in the dark with regards to wheat pricing options in 2008-09. Farm marketers in Western Canada attempting […] Read more