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Funds reduce short position in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 12, 2018

CNS Canada — Fund traders lowered their net short positions in ICE canola futures during the week ended Dec. 4, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). According to the latest report, managed money and other reportable speculators decreased their net short position in canola

Crops, Markets

Long-awaited fund report still murky for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 27, 2018

CNS Canada — The recent move to New York for the ICE Futures canola contract has brought with it fresh oversight from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The weekly commitment of traders (CoT) report compiled by the CFTC provides details on who is trading canola and the size of their positions — but

Crops, Markets

Funds’ net short position growing in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin November 17, 2018

CNS Canada –– Speculators added to their net short positions in canola during the week ended Tuesday, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators increased their net short position to roughly 29,400 contracts in canola during the reporting period,

Crops, Markets

Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

By GFM Network News September 17, 2018

Toronto/London | Reuters — A favorite of DIY stock pickers, Canadian cannabis firms are trying to bolster their institutional investor base by ramping up efforts to woo European funds as countries across the region approve marijuana for medical use. For some time companies including Canopy Growth, Aurora Cannabis and Tilray Inc. have been signing export

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen June 26, 2018

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures sagged on Tuesday, with the K.C. hard red winter wheat market hitting its lowest in nearly five months on fund-driven long liquidation and pressure from the harvest in the southern Plains, traders said. Soybeans were also lower while corn ended modestly higher as traders awaited key U.S. Department

ICE Futures Canada’s head office in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks rain amid market turmoil

By Dave Sims, GFM Network News June 20, 2018

CNS Canada — The ICE Futures Canada canola market faces a slew of uncertainty as political turmoil in international trade markets and a looming report from Statistics Canada keeps traders guessing where the market is headed. “The craziness of the White House is the main focus. How will it affect the markets?” said Keith Ferley

Crops, Markets

Funds building large net short position in canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin January 18, 2018

CNS Canada — Fund traders are sitting on large net short positions in ICE Futures Canada canola and likely have room to add to those positions, which should keep values under pressure. While there is no official reporting on fund positions in the ICE Futures Canada market, as there is in the U.S., traders estimate

Livestock

Agriculture, Farmland Attracting “Impact Investors”

By Carey Gillam November 18, 2010

Investors are being given a new pitch these days: Make money and do good by investing in agriculture in Africa, Latin America and other global markets. So-called “impact investing” is catching on with a range of private equity groups, financial services firms, venture capital funds and other moneyed players. “There are a cadre of investors

News

Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

By Christopher Johnson February 11, 2010

“With grains you have quite clearly a structural bull market for many years to come. If you could store grains for 10 years, then you would buy them and put them away.” – jonathan compton, bedlam asset management Ultra-low interest rates are bringing a wave of speculation to commodities, inflating a bubble that will inevitably

Country Crossroads

Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

By Daniel Winters February 12, 2009

“That’s a $2.5 billion hit. They call that leakage. I call that a flood.” – DAN MAZIER Dan Mazier has a bold vision for the future of the small towns and villages across the windswept Prairies. He pictures wind turbines above every community that would work night and day to harvest energy from the sky,

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures end lower

ICE Weekly: Trade progress, new data threaten to break canola’s price range

CBOT Weekly: Trade awaits USDA S/D report

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Funds reduce short position in canola

Long-awaited fund report still murky for canola

Funds’ net short position growing in canola

Big Weed hits up Europe hoping for expansion cash

U.S. grains: Wheat slides as harvest progresses

ICE weekly outlook: Canola seeks rain amid market turmoil

Funds building large net short position in canola

Agriculture, Farmland Attracting “Impact Investors”

Low Interest Rates Fuel Speculation

Community development blowing in the wind, says Mazier

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