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ICE Futures canola contracts were trading within a sideways range heading into the end of the 2024/25 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, with expectations for a tight old crop carryout providing support amid uncertainty over new crop production.
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ICE canola weekly outlook: Tight carryout supportive
New crop production uncertain
Canadian Financial Close: More declines for loonie
Rate freezes from BoC, Fed
By Glen Hallick Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar fell back further on Wednesday, as the Bank of Canada and the United States Federal Reserve made their respective interest rate announcements. The BoC continued to freeze its key rates at 2.75 per cent, suggesting that cuts could resume in the coming months. […] Read more
North American grain/oilseed review: Canola ends down, but off session lows
Glacier FarmMedia — ICE Futures canola market was weaker on Wednesday but finished well off its session lows after uncovering support to the downside. While losses in the Chicago soy complex weighed on values, tight supply projections remained supportive. Heightened concerns over losing out on some export sales to China amid increased Australian competition accounted […] Read more
Changes to Manitoba’s spring wheat: crop report
Canola varies widely
Crops in Manitoba continued to hold up quite well, but the provincial agriculture department reported some variation in the spring wheat over the week ended July 29.
ICE canola dropping at midday Wednesday
Glacier FarmMedia — The ICE Futures canola market was weaker at midday Wednesday, falling to its lowest levels of the past two weeks. Heightened concerns over losing out on some export sales to China amid increased Australian competition accounted for some of the weakness, said an analyst. Losses in Chicago soybeans and soyoil also weighed […] Read more
Bangladesh to buy 220,000 tons of U.S. wheat to cool tariff tension
Bangladesh's government has approved the purchase of about 220,000 metric tons of wheat from the United States as part of efforts to cool trade tensions and reduce steep import tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, a Dhaka official said on Wednesday.
Canadian Dollar and Business Outlook: BoC holds rates
U.S. Fed makes its rate call at 1 CDT
By Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – The Canadian dollar pulled back on Wednesday morning, following the Bank of Canada’s announcement to freeze its key interest rates at 2.75 per cent. As of 8:56 am CDT, the loonie was at US$0.7239 or US$1=C$1.3814 compared to Tuesday’s close of US$0.7262 or US$1=C$1.3771. Later today at […] Read more
ICE canola slips back
Glacier FarmMedia | MarketsFarm – Canola futures on the Intercontinental Exchange corrected themselves on Wednesday morning, continuing a week of up-and-down trade. Chicago soyoil and European rapeseed were lower while Malaysian palm oil was slightly higher. Crude oil also made gains, but those were softened after the United States threatened 25 per cent tariffs on […] Read more
Global Markets: Tsunami warnings downgraded
Glacier FarmMedia — The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. Tsunami warnings triggered by a Russian earthquake were being downgraded Wednesday morning. The 8.8 magnitude quake in the Pacific Ocean near eastern Russia’s Kamchatka region sent tsunami waves towards Russia, Japan, Hawaii, and the West Coast of […] Read more
Pulse Weekly: Most lentil prices lower as focus changes to new crop
Lentil prices on the Canadian Prairies eased back during the week ended July 28, said Levon Sargsyan, broker with Johnston’s Grain. Sargsyan noted that’s due to the recent rains that brought relief to some of the dry areas of the region.
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