As January began, feed grain prices on the Canadian Prairies remained lower and are likely to stay that way until spring, commented broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.
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Feed Grains Weekly: Demand lull to keep prices lower for now
Increases unlikely until late February
Second spring wheat futures market on the horizon
Making the smallest contract even smaller - analyst
The CME Group has plans to launch a new Hard Red Spring Wheat futures and options market in the second quarter of 2025, rivalling the Minneapolis hard red spring wheat contracts now traded through the MIAX platform.
ICE Weekly: No news means no canola price movement
A lack of significant news has prevented canola prices at the Intercontinental Exchange to break out of its recent trading range to start 2025.
StatCan issues crush, delivery reports
Canola crush, deliveries step back in November
Statistics Canada published its crush and grain deliveries reports on Dec. 24.
Most organic commodity prices remain firm heading into the holidays
Organic grain prices held steady in December, as industry participants reflected on the past year and considered what a new administration in the United States could mean for the North American markets in 2025. “(Prices) are in a holding pattern until we know what’s going to happen with the U.S. situation,” commented Harro Wehrmann of […] Read more
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
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mostly lower
Sharp declines in U.S. wheat complex
Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat stepped back during the week ended Dec. 19, while those for amber durum were mixed.
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AAFC adjusts monthly estimates, cites caution for canola exports
Impact of China's anti-dumping investigation unknown at this time
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada adjusted its latest supply and demand estimates issued on Dec. 19. This followed the updated Statistics Canada figures from two weeks ago.
Feed Grains Weekly: Trump looms over Prairie feed market
Weaker Canadian dollar less of an influence
Currently, United States President-elect Donald Trump is more of an influence on Western Canadian feed grain prices than a weaker Canadian dollar said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
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