CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were slightly lower during the week ending Monday. The week also marked the return of Canada Prairie […] Read more
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Prairie CWRS prices down slightly, CPSR spot bids return
Canola crush margins easing
CNS Canada — Canadian canola crush margins are finally starting to ease into more traditional levels, after hitting their highest prices ever over the winter months. Crush margins provide an […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end mixed as cash prices move lower
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Monday after market-ready or cash hog prices pressured nearby contracts, but the “roll” by funds supported back months, […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat falls on supply outlook
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent on Monday, their fourth straight day of declines, due to a U.S. government forecast for ample global supplies and […] Read more
Klassen: Fresh historical highs sum up feeder market
All weight categories posted higher prices this last week in Western Canada. In central Alberta, quality Charolais-based stockers weighing 535 pounds touched the magical $250 per hundredweight (cwt) level; shorter-keep, […] Read more
Payment problems reported disrupting Iran food deals
London/Ankara | Reuters — Payment problems are disrupting commercial food cargoes to Iran, with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain and sugar stuck in transit, as Western banking sanctions […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high
Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Friday hit a record high, boosted as corn prices fell after the government’s bearish crop report, traders said. U.S. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on USDA forecast for rising global supplies
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.7 per cent on Friday, retreating from a one-month high after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecasts of global inventories […] Read more
Oats still struggling to move south
CNS Canada — The Prairie oats industry continues to suffer from a lack of rail cars allocated to move south, as it forces some companies to truck oats to U.S. […] Read more
Prairie farmland rentals seen holding steady, for now
CNS Canada — Farmland rental values in Western Canada appear to be holding steady this spring, according to three agricultural reps on the Prairies, but one analyst says prices could […] Read more
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