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Commodity Price Pressure Made In China

By MarketsFarm Team November 25, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered some price weakness during the week ended Nov. 19, but were well off the lows established. The continued liquidation of long positions by nervous speculative fund account holders generated the declines. That selling was again inspired by a knee-jerk reaction to news that the Chinese

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Wheat Prices Seen Rising Further As Fall Seedings Decline

October 21, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform strengthened during the week ended Oct. 15, with much of the upward price momentum encouraged by the gains experienced by CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean futures as well as by the aggressive demand from the Canadian canola-processing industry. Fresh speculative demand surfaced during the week,

Cereals, Crops, Oilseeds, Opinion

Market’s Focus Has Shifted — And That’s Good For Prices – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Gavin Maguire August 19, 2010

The USDA’s latest batch of numbers suggests that U. S. producers look set to churn out record amounts of corn and soybeans this fall – as well as the third-largest wheat crop since 2000. But overseas production hiccups matched with blossoming global demand should counteract the impact of mammoth fresh domestic supplies – and continue

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Outside Events Loom Large On Farm Sector

By Phil Franz-Warkentin May 13, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around their well-established ranges during the week ended May 7, doing little to break out of the sideways pattern the market has been stuck in for months. Large moves in the outside currency, commodity,

Crops

Manitoba Farmland Values Continue Hot

By Ron Friesen April 15, 2010

The American humorist could have been referring to Manitoba, judging by the latest report on farmland values by Farm Credit Canada. Manitoba farmland values increased by an average of 5.9 per cent during the second half of 2009, following gains of 5.5 per cent and 4.2 per cent in the two previous reporting periods, FCC

Opinion

Producers, Markets And Better Returns

By Ian Wishart March 11, 2010

I read with some interest an analysis of the potential for supply management in the cattle industry from John Masswohl, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association director of government and international relations. He is certainly correct in his assessment of the impact on the cattle industry and undoubtedly the impact would be similar to any agricultural sector

News

Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

By Christopher Johnson February 11, 2010

“With grains you have quite clearly a structural bull market for many years to come. If you could store grains for 10 years, then you would buy them and put them away.” – jonathan compton, bedlam asset management Ultra-low interest rates are bringing a wave of speculation to commodities, inflating a bubble that will inevitably

Opinion

2010 — The Year Of The Commodity Fund

January 28, 2010

2 010 may turn out to be the year of the commodity fund. Burnt by the financial crisis of the last two years, money managers are now raising sharply the amount of money allocated to raw materials such as oil, gold, copper, sugar and coffee. The value of commodity funds looks set to grow by

News

Grains Boom With Hot Money

By Sam Nelson December 3, 2009

Low U. S. interest rates and the weak dollar are drawing more hot money into grain markets despite the weight of mammoth crops, setting up a potential repeat of last year’s boom and bust in that market. As index funds and other big investors pour cash into futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT),

Cereals, Crops

Funds Eye Poor-Performer Wheat In Hunt For Laggards

November 26, 2009

“Our discretionary managers… are long wheat because in an absolute sense it’s been extremely beaten up.” – ALEX ALLEN, EDDINGTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Wheat has been the poor cousin of commodities this year, losing value as star performers such as copper, lead and sugar have flown, but the humble grain is now beginning to catch the

Daily Network News

Women who fed a nation

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on China demand hopes; corn and wheat rebound

U.S. livestock: Hogs rebound, cattle hit upward limits

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