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Pigeons fly over destroyed grain storage in the village of Kamyanka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region on Sept. 22.

Is the wheat market poised for sharp spike?

Current sabre-rattling adds to volatility

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm October 6, 2022

The U.S. wheat complex drifted lower in the last week of September compared to the previous week. As price fluctuated, ongoing tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine simmered in the background. As September drew to a close, rumblings increased that the agreement allowing Ukraine to export grain through its Black Sea ports would not be

File photo of a Conagra production facility at Oakdale, Calif., about 150 km east of San Francisco, on Dec, 18, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Fred Greaves)

Markets

Conagra tops profit, sales estimates even as consumers turn thrifty

By GFM Network News October 6, 2022

Reuters — Conagra Brands beat quarterly sales and profit estimates on Thursday, boosted by higher prices for its Marie Callender’s and Slim Jim brands even as consumer demand wanes under the weight of decades-high inflation. Global food companies have been increasing prices over the past year to shield profit margins, which have been squeezed by

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages (yellow, purple and black lines). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Rising canola prices hit a one-day thud

"There's a day where we need to take a pause"

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News October 5, 2022

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola rose like Icarus over the past few weeks, but just like that Greek mythological figure, it flew too high, only to come back down to Earth. After the November canola contract rose in seven of its last eight sessions — in the middle of harvest, no less — and gained

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops

Alberta RCMP spike grain truck to recover canola

Two suspects arrested, charged

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News October 5, 2022

RCMP in central Alberta say they’ve recovered a “significant amount” of canola and arrested and charged two people after a grain truck suspected in an alleged canola theft was halted by a spike belt. In a release Tuesday, RCMP at Bashaw — about 80 km northeast of Red Deer, in Camrose County — said they

Crop Report, Crops, News

Canola harvest sees surge, soybeans start coming off fields

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 22, October 4, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture October 4, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 63 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3 weeks behind the 5-year average of 86 per cent complete by week 40. The past week had a substantial increase in harvested canola area, with over 1.9 million acres now off the field. This brings the canola harvest from 30 to

Attendees of the Discover the Farm event crushing canola to create oil.

News

Farm and Food Awareness week events raise profile of Manitoba agriculture sector

Discover the Farm beat attendance expectations and AITC-Manitoba officially launched its new virtual knowledge hub

By Don Norman September 30, 2022

Visitors to the unofficial kickoff party for Food and Farm Awareness Week were greeted with warm skies and above-seasonal temperatures Sept. 18. The Discover the Farm event at the Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre took place one day before the week’s official launch and it lived up to its name. “It was a phenomenal day,

Farmer Derrick Gould (left) with his son Blaze (centre) and father Donald (right). Donald passed away this June.

News

BACK TO THE LAND: ‘We used to plant hay here.’

The past, present, and hopeful future of Indigenous agriculture in Manitoba

By Geralyn Wichers September 29, 2022

For decades, farming has declined in Derrick Gould’s community of Pinaymootang (Fairford) First Nation. In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, Gould estimates 35 to 40 families were raising cattle in pastures and hay lands along the Fairford River. Gould family history relates the beginning of the end for many of those farms: In 1961,

One of eight vessels, carrying 195,000 tonnes of Ukrainian agricultural products, sails from southern Ukraine on Sept. 21.

Grain Markets, Markets

Market-moving factors go beyond fundamentals

Recession fears and Black Sea export worries sway commodities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 29, 2022

Canola futures climbed higher during the week ended Sept. 22, as historically wide crush margins finally showed signs of correcting themselves. Crush margins relative to the November contract rose above $300 per tonne during the week, indicating canola futures values had considerable room to the upside while still being profitable for buyers. Crush margins around

ICE November 2022 canola (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average (yellow line, right column) and NYMEX November 2022 West Texas intermediate crude (black line, left column). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola shouldn’t fall hard

Loonie keeping oilseed off sharper decline

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm September 28, 2022

MarketsFarm — As Malaysian palm oil futures tumbled to 20-year lows during the week of Sept. 26, they have put a lot of pressure on canola prices, analyst Errol Anderson of ProMarket Communications in Calgary said. However, he said, the Canadian dollar has been the backstop that kept the oilseed from falling with palm oil.

Crop Report, Crops, News

Frost falls on Manitoba fields, harvest progress less than 50 per cent

Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 21, September 27, 2022

By Manitoba Agriculture September 27, 2022

Overview Harvest progress sits at 47 per cent completed across the province, approximately 3.5 weeks behind the 5-year average of 79 per cent complete by week 39. Few crops were harvested last week until the weekend, since frequent drizzling rains, high humidity, and overcast conditions prevented harvest operations. Crops that were harvested before the start

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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