Commodity News Service Canada — The volatility in the global wheat markets in recent weeks has largely bypassed durum, which has seen its premiums over hard red spring wheat erode […] Read more
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Durum prices relatively steady
Tighter special crops stocks: Ag Canada
Commodity News Service Canada — Canadian pulse and special crop ending stocks are forecast to be slightly tighter than earlier estimates, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and […] Read more
Co-ops put Que. urea plant plan on ‘pause’
Development work toward a major new nitrogen fertilizer plant in Quebec is on hold while its partners seek more investors to climb on board. IFFCO — the Indian Farmers Fertilizer […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle market becomes extremely vulnerable
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively steady early in the week but dropped $3 to $6 on average by Friday. Weakness at local auction barns was led by a […] Read more
U.S. Grains: Profit taking pulls U.S. wheat lower, soy sags
U.S. wheat futures fell 3.5 per cent on Friday, stepping back from their highest in more than six months on a round of profit-taking ahead of a holiday-shortened week, traders said. The drop […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle climb before USDA report
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures closed higher on Friday, on short-covering and positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report at 2 p.m. CST (2000 GMT). Analysts […] Read more
Russian grain exporters stop buying
Moscow / Reuters — A Russian grain exporters’ group that accounts for about three-quarters of the country’s shipments said on Friday it had stopped buying for export until domestic prices […] Read more
CWB wheat PROs rise with recent rally in U.S. futures
Commodity News Service Canada — CWB has raised Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for wheat in its latest report, due to a recent sharp rally in U.S. wheat futures. Wheat PROs […] Read more
Louis Dreyfus Yorkton plant reopens
Commodity News Service Canada — The Louis Dreyfus canola crushing plant in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, is officially back in operation after an explosion at a meal storage facility in late October […] Read more
Olam’s cocoa purchase raises supply, price volatility concerns
New York | Reuters –– Olam’s US$1.3 billion deal to buy rival Archer Daniels Midland’s cocoa processing business may reduce liquidity in the niche cocoa bean trade, raising concerns about […] Read more