CNS Canada — A slight decline in canola acres in Statistics Canada’s forecast Thursday may have come as a surprise to industry analysts — but farm groups closer to the […] Read more
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Lower canola acreage no surprise to farm groups
Guenther: Amid tension in Ukraine, positive change sought for farmers
As seeding progresses in Ukraine, farmers are eyeing input prices, markets and weather, just as their counterparts do in other parts of the world. But Ukraine’s farmers have the added […] Read more
Ardent flour merger closer to completion with mill sale
Reuters –– U.S. food and grain-handling companies ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS have moved closer to sealing a deal to merge their North American flour mill operations by agreeing to […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat surges on dry weather concerns, Ukraine tension
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two per cent on Thursday on concerns about dry conditions in the U.S. Plains winter wheat belt and some key production […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit new high as corn prices slip
Chicago | Reuters — Back-month Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday set new contract highs, sparked by weak corn prices that could help ease input costs for feedlots, […] Read more
StatsCan canola area intentions come in below expectations
CNS Canada — Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola than most industry participants had anticipated this year, according to the first survey-based estimates from Statistics Canada, released Thursday. However, […] Read more
Long fund position could be bearish for CBOT soybeans
CNS Canada — Old-crop soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, with new-crop values seeing less severe losses. The narrowing in […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola down, but still watching beans
CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, hitting their softest levels in a month as bearish technical signals and increased farmer selling […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Fund buying pushes CME hogs two per cent higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures jumped two per cent on Wednesday, with some months up the three-cent limit, driven by fund buying after contracts punched through […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn gains on firm cash market, rain-delayed planting
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures advanced for a second straight session on Wednesday, adding more than one per cent on firm cash markets and as cooler and wetter […] Read more
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