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CWB issues final annual report from single-desk era

Ownership of the board's assets is still disputed

By Allan Dawson May 22, 2013

Cereals sold through the Canadian Wheat Board last year fetched prices ranging from $7.48 to $15.30 a tonne more than U.S. prices, the board’s final annual report under the single-desk era shows. The Canadian Wheat Board earned $7.2 billion in revenue, distributing $4.85 billion to farmers — the third highest for both on record —

Hogs, Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-U.S. hog futures climb with rising pork prices

By Reuters May 17, 2013

* Live cattle slip before Friday's USDA report * Feeders weaken by modest live cattle losses By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 16 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed higher on Thursday lifted by strong wholesale pork values in tight seasonal supplies, analysts and traders said. CME June hogs settled up 0.950 cent to

Livestock Markets, US Markets

LIVESTOCK-Most U.S. hogs futures gain as funds roll positions

By Reuters May 8, 2013

* Weak cash expectations drop CME live cattle * Feeder cattle futures track live cattle lower By Theopolis Waters CHICAGO, May 7 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures settled mostly firm on Tuesday as funds sold the spot-June contract and bought deferred months as dictated by the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index roll. Funds that

News

Closure of MAFRI offices expected, but postponing school tax rebate upsets KAP leader

By Dave Bedard, Shannon VanRaes April 27, 2013

Manitoba producers hoping to get back all of the school tax they pay on farmland will have to wait until the province conquers its deficit. Last week’s provincial budget holds the farmland education tax rebate at 80 per cent, while introducing a new $5,000 cap to limit rebate expenditures, which came in at $34.5 million

Cereals, Crops, International news, Opinion

The crisis deepens in the West Australian wheat lands

By Roger Crook April 26, 2013

One economist says that if rural Australia were a member country of the euro zone,  international financial markets would be refusing to finance the sector

The closer West Australian farmers get to seeding time, which is any time after the end of April, the more intense the debate becomes whether the eastern Wheat Belt will ever be the same again. Now there are reports of farmers abandoning their land and walking off. Enough is enough for some. The old men

Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

A sample options strategy for soybeans

By David Derwin April 10, 2013

We recently had the privilege of co-presenting with the CME Group at their CBOT Grain Options Workshop during the annual Wild Oats Grainworld conference in Winnipeg. Here’s an overview of that event including what is risk, what is risk management and a straightforward strategy you can use to protect yourself against falling grain prices. What

Livestock, News

Co-operator staff win writing awards

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 9, 2013

Several Manitoba Co-operator staff and contributors were winners in the North American Agricultural Journalists’ (NAAJ) 2013 writing contest. The awards, in seven categories, were presented at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. April 8. Co-operator editor Laura Rance placed first in the columns and analysis category. Rance, along with Co-operator reporters Allan Dawson and Shannon

Livestock, Livestock Markets

April live cattle futures post new contract low in first quarter of 2013

By David Drozd April 9, 2013

A drop of $13 per hwt is a classic example of the market topping out when the news is the most bullish

Live cattle prices have been under pressure since peaking in December amid bullish headlines and news that took prices to historic highs. Cattle and calves in the United States according to USDA estimates as of January 1, 2013 totalled 89.3 million head, which is two per cent below the 90.8-million figure recorded a year earlier.

Grain Markets, News

CME pares back grain trading hours

By Tom Polansek March 29, 2013

CME Group Inc. said March 5 that it plans to pare its nearly non-stop trading cycle for grains and oilseeds to 17-1/2 hours per session after traders complained a move to extend activity had hurt liquidity. CME, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade, sought to shorten the trading day less than a year after

Crops, Grain Markets

CME expects volume to return in time

By Mark Weinraub March 28, 2013

Reuters / CME Group’s plan to scale back its trading day for grain contracts will likely provide a boost to volume and liquidity, but traders said it will take time for investors to return to the market. “I think if they compress the hours again… it serves the needs of the customers who actually use

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end week higher

U.S. grains: CBOT futures extend gains as cold weather hits U.S.

Horses really can smell fear, new study claims, and it changes their behaviour

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