CNS Canada — Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade have been creeping higher, which a U.S.-based analyst attributes to increasing demand for minor feed grains. Data from Canada […] Read more
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Stronger demand for minor feeds reflected in oats futures
U.S. grains: Wheat rallies 1.5 per cent
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat, corn and soybean futures all firmed on Thursday on support from better-than-expected export sales reports for all three commodities, traders said. Gains in soybeans […] Read more
Australia blocks foreign firm’s deal for largest farm owner
Sydney | Reuters –– Australia on Thursday blocked the sale of the country’s largest landowner, private farming group S. Kidman and Co., to foreign investors, saying an agricultural area the […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle extend gains
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher for a second day in a row Wednesday, helped by more short-covering as expectations improved regarding cash prices […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat close lower
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday in a technical setback following two days of modest gains, traders said. Wheat futures also weakened as a bleak fundamental […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Nearby canola trending lower
CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts were mixed during the week ended Wednesday, with the nearby January contract hitting its weakest levels in two months, but the more […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle finish strong after wild ride
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts closed higher on Tuesday amid massive short-covering spurred by higher wholesale beef values that overcame selling led by lower cash […] Read more
Green, yellow pea markets stop moving in tandem short-term
CNS Canada –– Canada’s green and yellow pea markets typically move together, as each market pulls the other up or down, but they seem to have broken out of that […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat futures sag as conditions improve
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures shed 1.3 per cent on Tuesday, their third straight day of declines, after a government report showed that crop conditions improved amid better […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME live cattle tumble limit down
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures finished Monday’s session down by their three cents/lb. daily price limit after late Friday’s cash prices fell short of expectations, […] Read more
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