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Large Speculative Buying Drives Soybean Prices Into Overhead Resistance – for Sep. 16, 2010

September 16, 2010

So y b e a n prices have rallied $1.50 per bushel on speculative buying over the last two months. Cash prices in the Red River Valley have risen to $9.50 per bushel and this year’s crop is in relatively good condition. The U. S. soybean crop is also in very good shape with the

Cereals, News

Food Prices Seen Lower Than In 2007-08 – for Sep. 16, 2010

By Nigel Hunt September 16, 2010

Rising prices for a wide range of agricultural commodities are stirring fears of global food-driven inflation, but there should be no repeat of the crisis seen in 2007-08 unless governments start to panic. Analysts cite much higher global stocks of staples such as wheat and a more challenging economic environment as factors which should temper

News

Dollar Seen Softer In Coming Months – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 9, 2010

The Canadian dollar rallied sharply on Sept. 1 in response to a renewed appetite for risk in the global financial markets. But a generally softer tone is more likely over the next several months given the general economic uncertainty still pervading the globe, according to a currency analyst. Matthew Strauss, senior currency strategist with RBC

Crops, News

No MASC Hail Coverage On CMEMAP Acres – for Aug. 26, 2010

By Allan Dawson August 26, 2010

Some farmers who have drowned acres are upset they aren’t also eligible for the hail coverage they purchased through the Manitoba Agricultural Services Corporation. Crops where Manitoba farmers have claimed $30 an acre under the Canada-Manitoba Excess Moisture Assistance Program (CMEMAP) aren’t eligible for hail coverage through the Mani toba Agr icul tural Services Corporation

Cereals, Grain Markets

Cash Crunch Hits U.S. Wheat Elevators As Futures Soar – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Reuters August 12, 2010

Surging futures prices have U.S. farmers smiling but have left many grain elevators facing a cash crunch. As futures prices soar to levels not seen in over a year, farmers have been selling their newly harvested winter wheat bushels at a faster pace than usual, leaving elevator operators that have hedged their purchases with futures

Cereals, Grain Markets

Cash Crunch Hits U.S. Wheat Elevators As Futures Soar – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Dan Piraro August 12, 2010

Surging futures prices have U.S. farmers smiling but have left many grain elevators facing a cash crunch. As futures prices soar to levels not seen in over a year, farmers have been selling their newly harvested winter wheat bushels at a faster pace than usual, leaving elevator operators that have hedged their purchases with futures

Cereals, Livestock

EU Feed Makers Call On EU To Release Barley Stocks – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

HAMBURG/REUTERS European animal feed makers called on the European Union Aug. 3 to sell its intervention grain stocks to help cool rising cereals prices. The EU has about five million tonnes of grain, largely barley, in its intervention stocks, which should now be sold following a 40 per cent rise in some grains prices since

Cereals, Crops, Opinion

Farm Aid Highly Political

By Kevin Hursh July 22, 2010

Why should governments top up crop insurance coverage in a year where there’s a widespread disaster when they wouldn’t likely have the same response if the problem was regional? Amazingly, last week’s annual meeting of federal and provincial agriculture ministers concluded with a detailed program announcement for flooded Prairie farmland. Rarely do governments act so

Hogs, News

Cautious Approach Urged In EU Trade Talks

By Alex Binkley July 15, 2010

“(Canadian farmers) would be forgiven for suggesting that the standard of support in the EU is risk elimination.” – TRADE CONSULTANT PETER CLARK Acautious approach to negotiating the agriculture component of a free trade agreement with the European Union is needed, warns trade expert Peter Clark. Clark’s observations about the trade talks came as the

News

Excess Rain Leaves 700,000 Acres Unseeded

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2010

“We’re in the middle of making payments and we’re doing them as quickly as we can. Our adjusters are going like crazy.” – DAVID VAN DEYNZE, MASC About 700,000 acres of Mani toba cropland was too wet to seed this spring, which will trigger $29 million to $30 million in payments to waterlogged farmers through

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Tag Archives Economics

Large Speculative Buying Drives Soybean Prices Into Overhead Resistance – for Sep. 16, 2010

Food Prices Seen Lower Than In 2007-08 – for Sep. 16, 2010

Dollar Seen Softer In Coming Months – for Sep. 9, 2010

No MASC Hail Coverage On CMEMAP Acres – for Aug. 26, 2010

Cash Crunch Hits U.S. Wheat Elevators As Futures Soar – for Aug. 12, 2010

Cash Crunch Hits U.S. Wheat Elevators As Futures Soar – for Aug. 12, 2010

EU Feed Makers Call On EU To Release Barley Stocks – for Aug. 5, 2010

Farm Aid Highly Political

Cautious Approach Urged In EU Trade Talks

Excess Rain Leaves 700,000 Acres Unseeded

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