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Funds Retreat From Ag Investments As Prices Fall

By Mark Weinraub June 30, 2011

Money managers slashed their bullish bets in corn by 22 per cent to the smallest level in nearly a year at a time when analysts are saying that the year-long rally in grains has ended. Noncommercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, cut their net long holdings in corn to 214,412 contracts in the

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U.S. Crop Futures A Victim Of Growers’ Success

By Commodity News Service June 23, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a setback in value during the week ended June 17. The significant downturn in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean and soyoil futures helped to facilitate the losses in canola, with the steady liquidation of positions by speculators and, to some extent, commodity fund accounts

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Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

By Commodity News Service June 16, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor price setback during the week ended June 10. The taking of profits by speculative accounts after new highs were established in the July and November contracts provided some of the downward price momentum. Adding to the bearish price atmosphere in canola were the

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Global Corn Scenario: U.S. Grows Less, China Eats More

By Charles Abbott June 16, 2011

U.S. corn supplies, already stretched thin by relentless feed, fuel and food demand, will grow even tighter in the coming year due to a rain-shortened crop, the government projected June 9. The USDA said rains and floods prevented farmers from planting all the corn they had planned. That means a drop of 300 million bushels

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World’s Skies Rain Bulls And Bears

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 9, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a rather narrow range during the week ended June 3, seeing some consolidation after climbing to their highest levels in months the previous week. Both the old-crop July and the new-crop November contract ran into stiff chart resistance at the $600-per-tonne level, which may have factored into

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U.S. Corn Farmers At Crunch Time On Planting

By Christine Stebbins June 9, 2011

U.S. farmers who lag planting corn due to a soggy spring will still opt to seed corn rather than take an insurance payout or plant soy if their farms usually run high yields, a University of Illinois economist said June 3. “Farms with higher expected yields will find planting corn more attractive than taking the

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EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 2, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts surged higher during the week ended May 27, hitting their strongest levels in months as persistent weather issues in the Prairies, along with activity in outside markets, provided support. Without any fresh weather news, canola could be running out of steam to the upside, but any profit-taking setbacks should be

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Bidding War Heats Up For Low U.S. Corn Supplies

By Julie Ingwersen June 2, 2011

Abidding war is heating up among users of corn in the United States as livestock feeders and ethanol makers scramble to lock in supplies before extremely low stocks run dry by this summer. And it could escalate even more with any delay in harvesting the crop in the flood-ravaged U.S. South, or if China steps

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ICE Canada To Trade Wheat As Monopoly Ends

By Rod Nickel May 26, 2011

ICE Futures Canada will launch spring wheat and durum contracts early next year to take advantage of Ottawa’s planned dismantling of the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain monopoly, its chief operating officer said on May 19. The spring wheat contract will compete for liquidity with one offered by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, but will also complement

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World’s Wheat Crop Not Yet A Writeoff

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 19, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some choppy activity during the week ended May 13, finishing with declines for the most part as speculative profit-taking and ideas that seeding conditions were improving in parts of the Canadian Prairies weighed on values. Those planting conditions are expected to be a key factor to watch in the

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Funds Retreat From Ag Investments As Prices Fall

U.S. Crop Futures A Victim Of Growers’ Success

Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

Global Corn Scenario: U.S. Grows Less, China Eats More

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U.S. Corn Farmers At Crunch Time On Planting

EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

Bidding War Heats Up For Low U.S. Corn Supplies

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World’s Wheat Crop Not Yet A Writeoff

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