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Klassen: Strong demand continues to sustain feeder market

By Jerry Klassen November 12, 2024

The weaker Canadian dollar has enhanced the feeding margin structure on incoming replacement calves and this translated into stronger values on premium genetic packages. Finishing feedlot operators in Alberta and Ontario were fairly aggressive in Manitoba and Saskatchewan markets.

Futures

ICE Canola Midday: Prices weaker due to pressure from soy complex

MacAuley reportedly heading to China

By GFM Network News November 12, 2024

By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – Intercontinental Exchange canola futures were weaker at midday Tuesday, getting pressure from sharp losses in the Chicago soy complex. Trading in the Canadian oilseed resumed after Remembrance Day. Chicago soybeans and soyoil were down hard while soymeal clung to small increases. Additional pressure came from declines in […] Read more

File photo of cranes at the Port of Montreal. (Jean-Paul_Lejeune/iStock/Getty Images)

Markets, News

Montreal dockworkers’ union rejects offer; lockout begins

By Divya Rajagopal, Reuters November 12, 2024

The Montreal Longshoremen's Union rejected a final offer made for a new labour contract, leading to a lockout being declared, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA) and the union said on Sunday.

Currency Markets

Canadian dollar and business outlook

By GFM Network News November 12, 2024

Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm — The Canadian dollar was weaker Tuesday morning as activity picked up after Remembrance Day. Canadian municipalities issued C$13.0 billion worth of building permits in September, which was up by 11.5 per cent from the previous month and the second-highest level since the start of the new series in January 2017, […] Read more

Global markets

Global Markets: Postal strike looming

CUPW issues strike notice

By GFM Network News November 12, 2024

By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers issued a 72-hour strike notice on Tuesday. That means Canada could be hit with a postal strike as early as Friday. Reports said the CUPW […] Read more

Futures

ICE canola tumbles on Tuesday

By GFM Network News November 12, 2024

The ICE Futures canola market fell back on Tuesday morning after hitting a three-month high on Friday, as activity resumed following the Remembrance Day long weekend. Chicago soyoil and Malaysian palm oil saw heavy declines, while European rapeseed was mixed. However, crude oil was higher after retreating on Monday due to weak Chinese demand and […] Read more

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)

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U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures rise after USDA lowers US harvest outlook

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters November 8, 2024

U.S. soybean futures reached a one-month peak on Friday and corn futures touched more than a four-month high after the U.S. Department of Agriculture lowered its U.S. harvest outlooks for both crops more than expected, traders said.

Currency Markets

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie dips below 72 U.S. cents

By GFM Network News November 8, 2024

The Canadian dollar ended an up-and-down week on a low note, albeit higher than the week before. The loonie closed at US$0.7188 or US$1=C$1.3913, compared to US$0.7212 or US$1=C$1.3866 on Thursday. The United States Dollar Index was up 0.49 of a point at 105.00. Crude oil tumbled on Friday due to Chinese economic woes. West […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

World food prices reach 18-month high in October, UN says

By Reuters November 8, 2024

World food prices rose in October to an 18-month high as vegetable oils led increases seen in most food staples, United Nations' data showed on Friday.

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USDA lowers U.S. soybean/corn yield estimates

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 8, 2024

There were a few tweaks to the latest monthly report from the United States Department of Agriculture released on Nov. 8. The World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates not only lowered yields for U.S. corn and soybeans, the department reduced the ending stocks for both.

Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

GFM Network News

Prairie forecast: Transition from warm to cool brings chances for rain

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

Markets

Klassen: Strong demand continues to sustain feeder market

ICE Canola Midday: Prices weaker due to pressure from soy complex

Montreal dockworkers’ union rejects offer; lockout begins

Canadian dollar and business outlook

Global Markets: Postal strike looming

ICE canola tumbles on Tuesday

U.S. grains: Soybean, corn futures rise after USDA lowers US harvest outlook

Canadian Financial Close: Loonie dips below 72 U.S. cents

World food prices reach 18-month high in October, UN says

USDA lowers U.S. soybean/corn yield estimates

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