MarketsFarm — The looming harvest may keep a lid on the upside in the ICE Futures canola market over the next month as participants wait to get a better handle […] Read more
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ICE weekly outlook: Canola enters volatile harvest period
Outside veg oil markets limit the downside
Pulse weekly outlook: Chickpea market neither bullish nor bearish
Market players awaiting harvest
MarketsFarm — Hot and dry growing conditions earlier in the growing season cut into Canada’s chickpea yields in 2023-24, but quality should be good if the weather co-operates through the […] Read more
Little change seen in USDA’s WASDE report
U.S. corn, soy, wheat production figures down from July report
MarketsFarm — August figures from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) world agricultural supply/demand estimates (WASDE) provided very few surprises and not much change after their release Friday. However, crop […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Canola prices ‘cheap’ but rangebound
Trade also watching U.S. soy complex
MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts held relatively rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, in choppy activity as traders wait to get a clearer picture on the size of this […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Few changes expected in coming U.S. reports
Trade's expectations already factored into prices
MarketsFarm — Soybeans may see significant changes in new-crop carryout numbers when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) releases several key reports Friday, but corn and wheat estimates will likely […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: recent rains could stabilize crops
Prices for pulses across Western Canada have been steady
Marketsfarm – Despite the rain the Canadian Prairies received since July 17, MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville pointed out that the major pulse crop areas got very little. While any […] Read more
At Ag in Motion: World may face wheat shortage this year
An analyst says millers should be getting antsy
Wheat is finally becoming a “sexy” crop after years of being the ugly duckling, an analyst says. Stephen Nicholson, global grains and oilseeds strategist for Rabobank, said a series of […] Read more
Flax production to drop with fewer acres, dry conditions
'Prices are definitely going to be climbing'
MarketsFarm — As with other crops on the Canadian Prairies, flax has been struggling with the hot and dry conditions across the region. That said, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bearishly to WASDE report
Traders were expecting reduced U.S. corn yield
MarketsFarm — The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) saw futures come down after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on […] Read more
Manitoba sunflowers doing well with fewer acres
Few pest, weed problems appear so far
MarketsFarm — Despite fewer acres under hot and dry conditions, things are going well for Manitoba’s sunflower crop. Out of the 88,000 acres planted for sunflowers across Canada, 77,000 of […] Read more