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Beef cattle, Livestock, Livestock Markets

Lack of feed has local buyers cautious at markets

By Terryn Shiells April 9, 2013

Auction yards across Manitoba continued to see strong volumes of cattle come up for sale during the week ended March 28. Some of the auction yards in the province’s southwest saw more cattle than anticipated, because their sales the week prior were very small due to weather problems. Rick Wright, a buyer with Heartland Buying

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

USDA’s reports pressure canola, wheat, corn and soy

By Dwayne Klassen April 9, 2013

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform were forced into losses during the holiday-shortened week ending March 28 by the release of some bearishly construed U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Canola had been edging upward until that point. Concerns about tight old-crop supplies, steady export demand and some light domestic crusher needs had

Grain Markets, Opinion

Price bubbles and commodity markets

By John Kemp April 9, 2013

Athoughtful new paper from researchers at the University of Illinois marks a significant step forward in research on how commodity futures prices are formed. Until recently, the academic and policy debate about futures price formation has been locked in an acrimonious and polarized standoff between market fundamentalists, who insist all price moves reflect supply-and-demand fundamentals,

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

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Anxiety rises over possible Prairie seeding delays

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 28, 2013

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted good gains during the week ended March 22, as solid end-user demand, the weaker Canadian dollar, a slowdown in farmer selling, bullish technical signals, ongoing concerns over tightening old-crop supplies, new concerns over possible planting delays this spring, and logistical issues moving soybeans out of South America all served

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets

Exchanges duke it out over Canadian wheat futures market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin March 28, 2013

After decades of marketing wheat through the Canadian Wheat Board’s single desk, the western Canadian grain sector is still working out the best way to hedge the commodity seven months into the new open market. Representatives of the CME Group, Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX), and ICE Futures Canada were all on hand at the annual

Beef cattle, Hogs, Livestock Markets, News

Traders prepare to go long lean hogs

By Gavin Maguire March 28, 2013

The lean hog market is approaching a well-defined seasonal bottom that usually occurs during the opening half of April, and a number of traders are gearing up to go long that commodity over the coming weeks. They hope to be in position ahead of any upturn in values fuelled by a drop in fresh meat

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

Opinion

Commodifying the farm voice

By Laura Rance-Unger March 25, 2013

For some reason during this day and age, it seems that the things that make the most common sense are the most unlikely to happen. Take for example, Danny Penner’s pitch for farm commodity groups to unify under one research, market promotion and policy umbrella (page 5 of last week’s issue). It makes perfect sense,

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

CWB lowers old-crop PRO in cereals

March 25, 2013

CWB has lowered Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for wheat in its Harvest and Winter pools, according to an updated report released on March 15. Durum and barley PROs in the Harvest and Winter pools were also lowered, while canola values in both pools were unchanged to higher. Wheat PROs in the Harvest and Winter pools

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures gain, hogs fall back

U.S. grains: Chicago grains and oilseeds rise on recent dollar weakness, biofuel optimism

Western Canadian resentment not exceptional — or highest in country — pollster says

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Lack of feed has local buyers cautious at markets

USDA’s reports pressure canola, wheat, corn and soy

Price bubbles and commodity markets

CME pares back grain trading hours

Anxiety rises over possible Prairie seeding delays

Exchanges duke it out over Canadian wheat futures market

Traders prepare to go long lean hogs

CME expects volume to return in time

Commodifying the farm voice

CWB lowers old-crop PRO in cereals

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