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Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: Outside forces supportive

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 15, 2025
ICE Futures canola market traded within a wide range during the week ended Jan. 15, hitting its strongest levels since November at one point before backing away from those highs.

Canola futures off to sluggish start
Markets

Canola futures off to sluggish start

Signs of strength are beginning to develop as we move further into January

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 13, 2025
Canola futures market off to sluggish start, although prices are starting to pick up for the oilseed.


Photo: Getty Images
News

U.S. Treasury releases guidance on clean fuels tax credits

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 10, 2025
The United States Department of the Treasury together with the Internal Revenue Service released much-anticipated short-term guidance on tax credits for biofuels on Jan. 10, giving the soyoil market a boost to end the week.

Detail from the front of the CBOT building in Chicago. (Vito Palmisano/iStock/Getty Images)
Markets

CBOT weekly: Chicago soybeans/corn looking for direction

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 8, 2025
South American weather forecasts, positioning ahead of the Jan. 10 United States Department of Agriculture supply/demand report and uncertainty over trade policies under the incoming Trump administration were all influencing the Chicago grain and oilseed markets during the first days of 2025.


Photo: Canada Beef Inc.
Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Cattle futures running into resistance at highs

By Geralyn Wichers, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 7, 2025
Cattle futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued to rise Tuesday. Most active February live cattle futures ended up 0.375 cents per pound at 195.575 cents a pound. Values hit fresh highs in many months, although ideas the market was looking overbought tempered the advances.

Photo: Michelle Erickson-Jones/iStock/Getty Images
Hogs, Livestock, Markets

U.S. Livestock: Falling temps boost cattle futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 6, 2025
Live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange were stronger Monday, hitting fresh contract highs in many months as forecasts calling for cold temperatures across United States ranching areas raised concerns over reduced weight gains for grazing cattle.


Grain Markets, Markets

The global forces that shaped 2024 grain markets

Will the same factors hold true as 2025 takes the stage?

By Phil Franz-Warkentin January 3, 2025
From the ongoing war to Ukraine to an incoming second Trump administration, tensions with China, labour disputes, low water challenges and more: here are the biggest global forces tugging on the markets as farmers look to 2025.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage to address supporters at his rally, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
Markets, News

Top agriculture market-moving news stories of 2024  

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 30, 2024
Grain and oilseed markets had their ups and downs in 2024, with wars, labour unrest, trade disputes and politics often providing more direction than the traditional supply/demand fundamentals. 


Cereals are swathed north of Darlingford, Man. Sept. 1.
Markets

What the grain markets did in 2024

Summing up 2024 grain prices: canola went sideways, wheat went down and funds are bearish

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 29, 2024
Summing up 2024 grain prices: canola went sideways, wheat went down and funds are bearish

Crush plants on the Prairies are going flat out these days, including the four in Alberta at Lloydminster (ADM), Fort Saskatchewan (Bunge), Camrose (Cargill) and Lethbridge (Richardson).  Photo: iStock
Markets

ICE canola weekly outlook: U.S. biofuel uncertainty weighs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin December 18, 2024
The ICE Futures canola market fell sharply lower during the week ended Dec. 18, as bearish technical signals and losses in the Chicago soy complex weighed on values.


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