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CNS Canada -- Recent strong prices, paired with low feed costs, are increasing profitability for Canadian hog farmers and helping to revive the pork industry. "We are seeing some of the idle barns that were taken out of production three years ago starting to come back into production," said Brad Marceniuk, livestock economist with Saskatchewan's[...]

CNS Canada -- Soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, and could be headed above the US$11 per bushel level if weather in the U.S. Midwest stays too wet, an analyst said. "If weather remains somewhat unfavourable we could see, over the medium term, prices maybe[...]

CNS Canada -- Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, and are expected to trend sideways to weaker for the rest of the month. Traders are going to focus on spring weather and seeding conditions until more acreage and yield estimates for the 2015-16 crops are[...]

CNS Canada -- Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday and are expected to remain under pressure in coming weeks. The softness in both markets is likely because of large domestic and global supplies for corn and soybeans, said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. "Buyers[...]

CNS Canada -- Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean markets moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but stayed within their recent trading ranges. "We haven't broken down out of a range yet, or broke to the upside," said Scott Capinegro, president of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Barrington, Ill. "We are just flat and[...]

CNS Canada -- The ICE Futures Canada canola market saw some large price swings during the week ended Wednesday, but ended relatively steady compared to prices seven days earlier. The market is starting to move into a nervous spring trading pattern, which kept prices relatively rangebound and should continue for the next three to four[...]

CNS Canada -- The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market showed some short-covering-related firmness during the week ended Wednesday, but the bias is still pointed lower for the oilseed. "We could actually see the beans trade down to the low $9, then to an $8 handle. Maybe $8.90 would be my initial target for[...]

CNS Canada -- Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures moved sharply lower during the week ended Wednesday, and could see more downside going forward. "As long as crude oil keeps on grinding lower, the U.S. dollar remains fairly strong, I think that prices have an opportunity to continue to grind lower as long[...]

CNS Canada -- Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based Canadian crop production estimates for 2015-16 on Friday, and figures for most major crops are expected to be down compared to last year. Yields are likely to be all over the map as weather conditions varied vastly from region to region during the growing season.[...]