ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide range during the week ended Jan. 15, hitting its strongest levels since November at one point before backing away from those highs.
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ICE canola weekly outlook: Outside forces supportive

U.S. grains: Corn firm on Argentina weather worries, soybeans retreat
Benchmark U.S. corn futures rose on Wednesday, hovering near one-year highs as traders continued to adjust to a tighter supply outlook projected last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and fretted about Argentine crop weather, analysts said.

CBOT Weekly: S/D report underpinning U.S. corn, soybeans
More winter wheat acres pressures prices
Corn and soybean futures on the Chicago Board of Trade continued to be supported by the latest supply and demand report issued by the United States Department of Agriculture, said analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, ND. Meanwhile, wheat has been contending with pressure from an increase in acres.

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rally stalls as farmers sell grain; Argentina weather eyed
U.S. corn futures retreated on Tuesday on a round of profit-taking after a tighter U.S. supply outlook lifted prices to one-year highs, analysts said.

Canadian canola exports surging in 2024/25
China top customer
Canadian canola exports continued to stay far above those in 2023/24, the Canadian Grain Commission reported earlier in January. In the CGC's monthly report those outbound shipments of canola from licensed facilities at the end of November reached 3.84 million tonnes which are up by more than 80 per cent from a year ago.

U.S. livestock: Live cattle steady to lower; feeders, hogs climb
Live cattle futures were steady to lower on Tuesday, backing away from record highs as speculative profit-taking weighed on prices.

Klassen: Demand surges for beef, live cattle and feeder cattle
For the week ending January 11, Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were up $15-$20/cwt compared to the week ending December 21, 2024. In eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba, quality packages of steers 800 pounds and over traded $20/cwt to $25/cwt higher compared to three weeks earlier.

Pulse Weekly: Edible bean prices firming up
Edible bean prices in Manitoba are on the rise despite the threat of tariffs on Canadian imports from United States president-elect Donald Trump as soon as he takes office later this month.

U.S. grain: Corn futures hit 1-yr high after USDA tightens supply view
Benchmark corn futures Cv1 on the Chicago Board of Trade hit their highest in a year on Monday and soybean futures Sv1 notched a three-month top on follow-through buying after the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week cut its estimates of the size of the U.S. 2024 crops, analysts said.

U.S. livestock: Live, feeder cattle dip; hogs rise
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle and feeder cattle futures dipped on Monday after reaching record highs last week. Most active February live cattle closed at 197.400 cents per pound, down 1.375 cents from Friday. The second-most active April futures closed at 198.200, down 1.275 cents.