MarketsFarm — As dry conditions remained prevalent across the Canadian Prairies and U.S. northern Plains, despite recent precipitation, the markets were in a struggle between the weather and tightening supplies, […] Read more
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ICE weekly outlook: Canola market pits weather against supplies
Feed weekly outlook: Canada’s barley exports show no signs of slowing
MarketsFarm — Tight Canadian barley supplies, due in part to surging export demand, have kept feed grain bids well supported in the Prairies over the past few months. The cupboards, […] Read more
Dry weather may cut into Canadian crop prospects, AAFC says
MarketsFarm — Dry weather conditions across Western Canada could cut into production prospects in the region, according to updated supply/demand tables released Thursday by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. “Extremely dry […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Saskatchewan barley price spikes, drops
MarketsFarm — It was a tale of two weeks for Saskatchewan feed barley prices. The high-delivered bid for the crop on May 11 bolted from $6 per bushel to $6.75 […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Peas, beans hold up in dry Manitoba
MarketsFarm — Of the pulses being planted in Manitoba this spring, field peas and dry beans appear the best able to handle the difficult drought conditions the province continues to […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Rain needed to bolster canola crop
MarketsFarm | Rain — specifically, the lack thereof — is quickly becoming the key issue for canola values, according to Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. Until now, dry […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea acres ‘sharply’ down
MarketsFarm — Despite prices higher than last year’s, Canada’s chickpea acres are expected to decline this year and, in turn, will result in less production in the 2021-22 crop year. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn futures pierce eight-year peak
Soy rallies on supply worries
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures extended a rally above eight-year highs on Thursday as dry weather threatened harvest yields in major exporter Brazil and kept […] Read more
Hemp poised for year of gains
Nationwide increase in acres expected
MarketsFarm — The hemp industry in Canada is set for a good year in 2021, according to Canadian Hemp Trade Association (CHTA) CEO Ted Haney. “It looks like we are […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Solid exports support domestic barley market
MarketsFarm — Canada has already exported more barley through the first two-thirds of the 2020-21 marketing year than in any full crop year in over a decade. That solid export […] Read more
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