Now, we turn to a critical yet often overlooked aspect of farm marketing: you must know when to alter your plan and when to stay the course. We’ll also explore common behavioural traps that derail even the best-laid strategies.
Tag Archives commodity markets
How to review and fine-tune your grain marketing plan
Don’t let greed, fear or wishful thinking steer you away from a solid plan
The cycles within economic cycles
Investing for Fun and Profit: The economic cycle, presidential cycle and stock market cycle are separate entities that interact
The S&P 500 — the market I’ll be referencing throughout this article — has been on a tear the past couple of years, leading many to wonder if the hot bull market can continue. It was up 26.3 per cent in 2023 and at time of writing is up about 23 per cent year-to-date. Let’s […] Read more
Markets continue to push lower
Risk premiums created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine have evaporated
Market sentiment remains bearish for most agricultural commodities, including the major crops grown in Western Canada. Prices have been declining in most markets since the recent highs were set at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Markets have gradually adjusted to the news coming from the conflict and has effectively removed […] Read more
CBOT Weekly: Market choppy as funds continue to build shorts
Despite a weakened United States dollar on July 17, activity in the grains at the Chicago Board of Trade was choppy, according to broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. Added to that, Ettner pointed out the speculative funds resumed accumulating very large short positions in corn and soybeans.
CBOT weekly outlook: Bearish picture for commodities
Prices may not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows, says analyst
Ahead of the United States Department of Agriculture Outlook Forum, analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. painted a rather bearish picture for the commodity markets. However, he noted that prices might not go much lower given the commodities have hit contract lows.
Accounting probe hits ADM as crop glut, lower margins point to tough 2024
ADM shares fell 24 per cent Monday as news of accounting issues broke
An investigation into accounting practices in Archer-Daniels-Midland's ADM.N Nutrition segment could not come at a worse time for the company as sinking crop prices look set to erode profit for its core grain trading and processing businesses this year.
World food price index ends 2023 some ten per cent below 2022 levels
Cereal prices, vegetable oils slumped most over the year, FAO says
The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 118.5 points in December, down 1.5 per cent from November and 10.1 per cent below December 2022 levels.
Commodity prices to remain high in 2024, drop in 2025 – HSBC
Most agricultural products expected to outperform energy, industrial metals amid supply constraints, dry weather
Squeezed supply, improved Chinese demand and the global energy transition will keep commodity prices elevated in 2024, before falling the following year, forecasted British banking group HSBC today.
ICE weekly outlook: Canola likely to keep sliding back
With larger crop, trade likely to be overwhelmed by deliveries, analyst says
There is a rather significant bearish outlook for canola for the rest of December, according to Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis. He said a large part of this was generated by the Statistics Canada production report released on Dec. 4.
Prairie cash wheat: durum soars as red spring falls back
Steep increases following Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports were gone by mid-week
MarketsFarm – There were sharp increases in durum across Western Canada for the week ended July 27, while spring wheat incurred small to moderate declines. There were gains in Minneapolis spring wheat, while Kansas City and Chicago winter wheat contracts slipped back. At the beginning of the week there were steep increases for wheat as […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
