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Trading Refocuses On Market Fundamentals

March 31, 2011

Canola contracts traded on the ICE Futures Canada plat form chopped around within a narrow range during the week ended March 25, but the bias was to the upside in the end. The market took a much-needed breather after seeing some volatile price swings over the past month. With consolidation the order of the day,

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“Great Grain Robbery” Law Reveals Big U.S. Sales

By Reuters March 31, 2011

A1973 U.S. law requiring grain traders to promptly report export sales last week shed light on a mammoth corn sale believed to be destined for China. The U.S. Agriculture Department announced last Friday the sale of 1.25 million tonnes of corn worth $350 million to an unknown destination, which traders believe is China. The law

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Risk-Averse Speculators Keep Eye On Libya, Japan

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw some very choppy activity during the week ended March 18, hitting their lowest levels in months at one point before recovering to end the week with modest gains. News out of Japan dominated the headlines in all of the global financial and commodity markets, and canola was no exception.

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Money Flows Into Commodity Markets

March 24, 2011

NEW YORK/REUTERS Investors plowed more than $4 billion into commodity-based products and mutual funds in February, the most in nine months, favouring agricultural markets, silver and broad index funds, Lipper data showed March 17. Inflows to U.S.-regulated “commodity products” rebounded to $4.05 billion last month, up from just $38 million in January, according to data

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Economic Uncertainty Sends Speculators Packing

March 17, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a major price setback during the week ended March 11, with much of the downward price slide associated with the unloading of positions by speculative accounts. None of the liquidation orders were based on fundamentals; rather, individuals were unnerved by ongoing tensions in the Middle

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Prediction Of Record Canola Acres Meets Resistance

March 10, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a bit of a roller-coaster ride during the week ended March 5, as values pushed down one day and then moved up the next. On the week, canola values pushed upward thanks to steady domestic crusher demand, the surfacing of some fresh export demand and

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Crude Oil Uncertainty Might Not Boost Crop Commodities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 3, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw another volatile week during the period ended Feb. 25, with the global political and economic uncertainty, brought on by the turmoil in Libya and other countries, triggering a speculative sell off in many commodity markets – including canola. The fundamentals are still fairly supportive, and the drop in prices

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Bakers Want To Limit Speculation

By Reuters March 3, 2011

Small bakeries say speculators are raising food costs and urged the U.S. futures regulator to curb trading by funds and other big investors. “As bakers, we do not pretend to know the complex and sophisticated rules and practices of the commodity markets,” said the Independent Bakers Association in a letter to the Commodity Futures Trading

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U.K. Farmers Seek National Food Plan

By Reuters February 24, 2011

Britain needs a national food plan that makes production a strategic priority and curbs its increasing reliance on imports, Peter Kendall, president of the National Farmers Union said Feb. 15. Kendall told the NFU’s annual conference that global food prices were at an all-time high and had played a role in major upheavals in North

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Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 24, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts saw a roller-coaster of a week during the period ended Feb. 18, as the bottom finally fell out of the market and participants took profits after the steady rise over the past few months. However, after four straight days of large declines, values stabilized for a day, bounced higher and

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Grain Markets

Trading Refocuses On Market Fundamentals

“Great Grain Robbery” Law Reveals Big U.S. Sales

Risk-Averse Speculators Keep Eye On Libya, Japan

Money Flows Into Commodity Markets

Economic Uncertainty Sends Speculators Packing

Prediction Of Record Canola Acres Meets Resistance

Crude Oil Uncertainty Might Not Boost Crop Commodities

Bakers Want To Limit Speculation

U.K. Farmers Seek National Food Plan

Profit-Taking Hammers Canola

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