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Hedge Funds Move Into Cattle As Demand Grows And Supplies Shrink

By Theopolis Waters October 27, 2011

Joe Ocrant, a 40-year veteran of the U.S. cattle trade, started his livestock-centred investment fund years ahead of the new wave of managed money that has flooded into livestock futures this year. With U.S. pork exports to China surging, most of the new money is going into hog futures, but Ocrant is going long on

Livestock

Price Spread Limiting DDGS Usage In Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 20, 2011

COMMODITY NEWS SERVICE CANADA Ample domestic feed grain supplies together with high prices for corn-based DDGS (dried distillers grains with solubles) from the U.S. are currently limiting usage of the ethanol byproduct in Canadian livestock rations, according to market participants. The price spread is too wide right now, said Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Recovering On Fresh Chinese Demand

By Dwayne Klassen October 20, 2011

Dwayne Klassen CNSA Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed a rally during the week ended Oct. 14, recovering some of the losses experienced in the previous reporting periods. Confirmation of fresh Chinese demand for Canadian canola helped to generate some of the price strength, as did the reluctance of Prairie producers

Livestock, Oilseeds

Cargill Earnings Tumble

October 20, 2011

U.S. agribusiness and trading firm Cargill Inc. posted a steep drop in quarterly earnings Oct. 10, citing economic uncertainty and volatile commodity markets. Minneapolis-based Cargill, one of the world s largest privately held corporations, reported $236 million in earnings from continuing operations for the quarter ended on Aug. 31, down 66 per cent from $693

Crops

Agribusiness Giants Can’t Escape Market Volatility

By Gavin Maguire October 20, 2011

You know commodity trading conditions are tough when even firms that sit on both the buy and sell sides of a market still suffer hefty losses. Such was the case with 140-year-old agribusiness giant Cargill, which recently reported a 66 per cent drop in earnings in the latest quarter over year-ago levels due to global

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Finds Some Support During Downward Slide

By Phil Franz-Warkentin October 13, 2011

Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform moved lower during the week ended Oct. 7, although the downward slide of the past month did show some signs of slowing down. The November contract dipped to the $517-per-tonne level on a number of occasions during the week, moving as low as $516.10 per tonne on

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Economic Jitters, Harvest Pace Weigh On Grains

September 29, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a serious price setback during the week ended Sept. 23. Global macroeconomic concerns combined with an aggressive harvest pace on the Canadian Prairies to send values down sharply. All the canola contracts lost at least $20 per tonne each. The penetrat ion of support in

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

September 22, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform lost some significant ground during the week ended Sept. 16, with the advancing harvest in Western Canada and reports of better-than-anticipated yields encouraging the downward price slide. Producers were also delivering canola right off the combine and into the country elevator system, which contributed to some

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

By Commodity News Service September 1, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted some modest advances during the week ended Aug. 26 despite the fact that a crop production survey from Statistics Canada estimated output of the crop at a record-size level. The government agency’s survey for the period ended July 31 said canola production in Canada during

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Futures Fend Off Weather-Related Bearishness

By Commodity News Service August 25, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to recapture some upward price action during the week ended Aug. 19. Support stemmed from the rally experienced in the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean complex, with a drop-off in farmer sales of canola into the western Canadian cash market also providing a firm

Daily Network News

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U.S. livestock: ‘Cattle on feed’ report supports prices

U.S. grains: Wheat trades near contract lows under ample global supply

Tag Archives Commodity market

Hedge Funds Move Into Cattle As Demand Grows And Supplies Shrink

Price Spread Limiting DDGS Usage In Canada

Canola Futures Recovering On Fresh Chinese Demand

Cargill Earnings Tumble

Agribusiness Giants Can’t Escape Market Volatility

Canola Finds Some Support During Downward Slide

Economic Jitters, Harvest Pace Weigh On Grains

Oilseed Supplies Drag On Canola Demand

Canola Trade Bullish Despite Big Forecast

Canola Futures Fend Off Weather-Related Bearishness

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