CNS Canada — Even fresh domestic production numbers aren’t able to move Canada’s durum prices, one analyst says, as the market stays stagnant on lacklustre processing demand from North Africa […] Read more
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Durum at a standstill despite fresh numbers from StatsCan
Diesel prices remain high across Prairies
CNS Canada — While the price of crude oil continues to decline across North American markets, diesel remains stubbornly high in Western Canada. Prices are equal to gasoline, or in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soybeans sink on liquidation ahead of USDA report
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans extended losses on Tuesday to touch a one-week low on long liquidation and technical selling ahead of a monthly government supply and demand report, […] Read more
Hay producers see increased competition, lower prices
CNS Canada — Canada’s export hay prices have come down from summer highs and now sit at less than half their previous levels, but despite competition from other growing regions, […] Read more
Prairie spring wheat bids rise with U.S. futures
CNS Canada –– Cash spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as gains in U.S. futures and continued weakness in the Canadian dollar both […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, soy drop from multi-week highs on profit-taking
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Monday for the first time in six sessions and corn dropped after two sessions of gains on profit-taking and as traders […] Read more
U.S. livestock: COOL news weighs on CME live cattle, hogs
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures fell on Monday, partly led by the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling against the U.S. in a meat-labeling dispute, said […] Read more
WTO dials back Canada’s COOL retaliation
Canada will be able to take only about a third of the revenge it asked the World Trade Organization to authorize over the United States’ country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law. An […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Beef price retreat pares CME live cattle gains
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures on Friday finished in negative territory for a third day in a row after weak wholesale beef values erased initial […] Read more
For U.S. farmers, ugly soy bids look better all the time
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. farmers booked soybean sales this week as prospects for burgeoning global supplies and weak export demand caused growers to accept deals they’d rejected at similar […] Read more