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Steady-as-she-goes forecast for loonie

By Adam Johnston January 27, 2012

Don’t expect big changes in the value of the Canadian dollar over the next month, says Shaun Osborne, a currency expert with TD Securities in Toronto. The loonie should stick in the 96- to 99-cent range (US) over the next two to four weeks, said Osborne. Europe and its ongoing debt concerns will continue to

Livestock, News

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

News

Economic Slowdown Could Weigh On Grain Prices

September 1, 2011

Fears of a global economic slowdown have nervous investors heading for the sidelines. As a result, equity markets have been under pressure since peaking in early May 2011. The two-week reversal at the height of the 27-month-long rally in the S&P 500 gave savvy investors an indication this bull market was vulnerable to running out

News

Main Trend In Crude Oil Still Up, Despite Recent Downturn

July 7, 2011

Crude oil prices have been under pressure since a two-week reversal developed two weeks ago. This reversal pattern materialized after crude oil prices failed to exceed the upper boundary of the uptrending channel. A two-week reversal indicates a change in direction and can occur at the top or bottom of a market. This two-week reversal

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

World’s Skies Rain Bulls And Bears

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 9, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts bounced around within a rather narrow range during the week ended June 3, seeing some consolidation after climbing to their highest levels in months the previous week. Both the old-crop July and the new-crop November contract ran into stiff chart resistance at the $600-per-tonne level, which may have factored into

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 2, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts surged higher during the week ended May 27, hitting their strongest levels in months as persistent weather issues in the Prairies, along with activity in outside markets, provided support. Without any fresh weather news, canola could be running out of steam to the upside, but any profit-taking setbacks should be

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Summerfallow Acres Expected To Shrink

April 28, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform regained ground during the holiday-shortened week ending April 21. Much of the upturn in values reflected the advances experienced by CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean and soyoil prices. Concerns about the weather in Western Canada and its impact on seeding operations also influenced some of

News

Harvest Cattails To Divert Phosphorus, Says IISD

By Daniel Winters April 7, 2011

Phosphorus in run-off water is turning Lake Winnipeg into the “most eutrophic” of all the large lakes on Earth. But on the other hand, phosphorus is a valuable nutrient that is arguably more strategically important to modern economies than crude oil. But what if the cattails in Netley Marsh were harvested and pelletized into solid

Crops

U.S. Ethanol Incentives Under Scrutiny

March 10, 2011

Reform of U.S. ethanol incentives could save up to $5.7 billion a year, a congressional watchdog said March 1 as ethanol critics called on Congress to let the tax breaks expire at the end of this year. In an examination of federal spending, the Government Accountability Office said the ethanol tax credit and a federal

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

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

Tag Archives crude oil

Steady-as-she-goes forecast for loonie

Hedge Funds Move Into Cattle As Demand Grows And Supplies Shrink

Economic Slowdown Could Weigh On Grain Prices

Main Trend In Crude Oil Still Up, Despite Recent Downturn

World’s Skies Rain Bulls And Bears

EU’s Rapeseed Woes May Boost Canadian Canola

Summerfallow Acres Expected To Shrink

Harvest Cattails To Divert Phosphorus, Says IISD

U.S. Ethanol Incentives Under Scrutiny

Crude Oil Uncertainty Might Not Boost Crop Commodities

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