ICE canola slides to start week

WINNIPEG – The ICE Futures canola market continued its prolonged selloff, going along with weakness in comparable oils to start the week. Chicago soyoil was also in the decline, as well as European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has rattled the markets, including crude oil prices which are already

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola closes out week with more losses

Chicago soy still pushes lower, wheat turns around

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were lower on Friday, with double-digit declines in the old crop months. A trader said there’s a selloff in the oilseed markets, noting that losses in canola are “just a continuation of the trend.” “For now it’s breaking out of the


Cattle numbers to decline as spring approaches

Cattle numbers to decline as spring approaches

Cattle prices were up on the week in several weight groups

The Manitoba cattle market remains strong and the number of head bound for sales is expected to drop off, according to Brock Taylor of Taylor Auctions near Melita. He said prices have increased from week to week in several weight classes. Looking at high-end prices for feeder steers, a number of weight categories showed increases during the week of

ICE Canola Midday: ‘Bears out in full force’

Break could lead to $100/tonne downturn

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were falling back by double-digits at midsession on Friday, as the sell-off in the oilseed markets continued. “The bears are coming out in full force, and this is snowballing to the downside,” a trader stated, noting there’s a good amount of


ICE canola selloff continues Friday morning

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 10 (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker Friday morning, as bearish chart signals weighed heavily on values and speculators remained on the short side of the market. Thursday’s break below C$800 per tonne in the May contract did damage from a technical standpoint, with the

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola prices fall in heavy trading

U.S. soybeans down, as wheat, corn fall hard

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were weaker on Thursday, getting pressure from sharp declines in Chicago soyoil and European rapeseed. Chicago soybeans were modestly lower, but there was support from upticks in Malaysian palm oil. Pull backs in global crude oil prices added to the pressure


ICE Canola Midday: Prices falling hard

Canola crashes through $800/tonne support level

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were falling back at midsession on Thursday, busting through the C$800 per tonne support level. Pressure on the Canadian oilseed was coming from weakness in the Chicago soy complex and European rapeseed. However there was a good upswing in Malaysian palm

A corn crop in the RM of St. Andrews on July 5, 2018. Current indicators suggest a rebound for corn futures off recent lows.

Corn market cracks, but ready to pop

Current low prices may deter some U.S. farmers from planting corn

Corn appeared to crack under pressure on the Chicago Board of Trade as February came to a close. Having traded between US$6.70-$6.90 per bushel for much of February, collapses in wheat and soy prices, lacklustre U.S. exports and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s bearish new-crop projections last month placed the May corn contract at a


ICE canola continues lower Thursday morning

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, MarketsFarm   WINNIPEG, March 9 (MarketsFarm) – The ICE Futures canola market was weaker Thursday morning, seeing a continuation of its downtrend of the past week. Chart-based speculative selling was a feature as the most-active May contract nears the psychological C$800 per tonne level. Losses in European rapeseed futures also weighed on

North American Grain and Oilseed Review: Canola loses more ground

Expected changes in March S&D report

By Glen Hallick, MarketsFarm WINNIPEG, March 8 (MarketsFarm) – Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) canola futures were lower on Wednesday, due in part to an increase in farmer selling. Also, canola was pressured by declines in European rapeseed, Malaysian palm and Chicago soymeal. Upticks in Chicago soybeans and soyoil helped to stem further losses in the Canadian