The flow of speculative money, reacting to whatever world news is available, can be expected to steer grain and oilseed futures in this stretch between Northern and Southern Hemisphere harvests, Phil Franz-Warkentin writes.
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Canola trade watchful during harvest intermission
Geopolitics and speculative money flows are driving grain markets as we enter ‘reaction season’
Grain marketing for hard economic times
Manitoba farms face tight profit opportunities this year; what strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop to best financial effect?
Strong harvests in Western Canada clash with low grain prices, trade war-driven market uncertainty and high input costs. What strategies can farmers use to sell their 2025 crop?
Crop input costs to rise in 2026: FCC
Crop input costs are expected to rise in 2026, while crop prices are expected to come down, according to Farm Credit Canada’s analysis.
Canadian crop outlook has improved since January says FCC
Canadian farmers' overall new crop outlook has improved since the beginning of the year, says Farm Credit Canada.
Pulse Weekly: Saskatchewan pea plantings progress
Seeding to be complete in the southeast “in a matter of days”
Pea and other pulse plantings in southeast Saskatchewan are progressing at a rapid pace thanks to timely rains in the region.
Trade instability likely to tighten 2025 crop profit margins says FCC
Farmers in both west and east unlikely to deviate much on seeded acres of canola, wheat, soy and corn despite volatility
Tight margins could get tighter amid trade instability as farmers prepare to seed this year’s crop, say Farm Credit Canada economists.
Feed Grain Weekly: Barley, corn the same price
Domestic feed barley and United States corn imports are pretty much the same price in Western Canada, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.
Feed Grain Weekly: Corn prices drop, barley favoured
Despite United States corn futures declining as of late, barley is still the preferred feed grain at feedlots in southern Alberta, said a trader.
Pulse weekly: Lentil market watching India dispute
An ongoing dispute between Canada and India involving the assassination of a Sikh man on Canadian soil has Canada's lentil market fearing that one of its largest trading partners may shut its doors to the pulse.
Most Prairie farm product prices drop: StatCan
Average prices for the majority of crops grown in the Prairies were lower this July compared to the year before, while cattle prices continued to rise, according to Statistics Canada's (StatCan) monthly farm product prices released on Sept. 10.
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