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Do canola and soy need relationship counselling?

Expert's Radar: Watching the interplay of influences can keep your marketing plan from divorcing reality

By Phil Franz-Warkentin February 27, 2024

In any relationship, the actions of one party have an influence on the other, and the space between two objects is sometimes as important as the objects themselves. Nowhere is this more true than in grain markets. Old/new crop spread The spread, or difference between two futures months of the same commodity, can provide insight

Much like a summer storm hitting one field and leaving another dry only a few miles down the road, markets could go either way right now.

Markets, Weather

Rolling the dice on forecasts

Expert's Radar: Definite market directions are hard to pin down

By Phil Franz-Warkentin August 14, 2023

A severe weather system rolling across the Prairies triggered an alert on my phone the other day. Television and radio programs also interrupted with warnings to take precautions. The sun was still shining at the time, but the rumble of thunder from the approaching storm could easily be heard. My location caught only the edge

Just as there are real-time maps that can show you where traffic is slowed by construction, there are bearish warning signs in canola markets.

Grain Markets, Markets

Reading the roadmaps of the grain market

Expert’s Radar: Beware of ‘construction’ signs

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 28, 2023

I recently drove back and forth from Winnipeg to the Turtle Mountains in southwestern Manitoba. It’s about a three-hour drive, or three-and-a-half with the required ice cream stop. There are a few routes that head in the same general direction, so after running into construction on Highway 2 on the way down, we opted for

A canola field in bloom near Esterhazy, Sask., on July 21, 2023.

Grain Markets, Markets

Market experts predict yellow fields for the year

Expert’s Radar: How much have the world’s farmers painted their fields in oils?

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 24, 2023

My neighbour recently had her house painted, transforming the once-drab stucco with peeling green trim into a beautiful rusty red with cream-coloured accents. Just a few days before the painters showed up, she was still second-guessing her colour choices, but the end result looks great. A fresh coat of paint can do wonders while also

Grain Markets, Markets, News

U.S. wheat export data leaves trade underwhelmed

Expert's Radar: Time has been unkind to oats futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 10, 2023

One of my favourite bands from back in high school is set to headline a free concert at my hometown’s annual summer festival this year. I’m looking forward to it, but at the same time, it serves as a reminder that I’ve been around for a while and not so young anymore. Oats knows? Oats

Markets, News

Mother Nature can have a toddler’s temperament

Expert's Radar: Recession concerns may lead speculators to exit commodities

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 4, 2023

Getting young kids involved with helping around the house is important for their development, building responsibility and growing their skills, but it can also come with plenty of unintended consequences. Dishes slip out of small hands and break. The soup bowls at the table are paired with dessert spoons. The mirror has more fingerprints than

Crops may be in the ground, but official seeding numbers are still somewhat up in the air.

Markets

As with coffee, grain markets now a ground game

Expert's Radar: Official acreage estimates are still a couple of weeks away

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 20, 2023

A building at the end of my street has been under renovation for several months, with a new local coffee shop ‘coming soon,’ according to the signage. The building was formerly a vape store and before that an insurance brokerage, so there is plenty of work to be done to transform it into a café.

Daily Network News

JBS posts flat Q4 profit on record sales but lower U.S. beef margins

Brazil soybean planting outlook hinges on Middle East war, says Agroconsult

WTO conference a ‘crucial moment’ for ag trade, CropLife warns

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