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Rising canola futures find point of resistance

By Dwayne Klassen March 23, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform moved higher during the week ended March 16. Concerns about the record pace of usage and the resulting depletion of old-crop canola stocks stimulated some of the upward price action. Chart-related speculative fund buying interest also contributed to the price advances. Much of that buying was

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Currency risk protection offered

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

Volatile currencies can hurt your bottom line more than changes in commodity prices. That’s why the Keystone Agricultural Producers (KAP), in conjunction with Western Union Business Solutions, is introducing a new foreign exchange risk-management program. “If it makes sense to a producer, we can provide a solution,” said Mark Kelly, Western Union Business Solutions’ senior

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Price now or price later? A primer on DDCs

By Agri-news March 23, 2012

A deferred delivery contract can lock in a profit,  but also prevents cashing in on future price increases

Adeferred delivery contract (DDC) is the most popular type of grain-marketing contract provided by grain buyers. A DDC, as they are often called, locks in the price for a certain quantity of a base grade of grain to be delivered to a certain location at some date in the future. “Advantages of a DDC are

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CWB officials promote pools at grower meetings

By Allan Dawson March 23, 2012

While the Canadian Wheat Board had its monopoly, some farmers complained getting a “good, average price” for wheat wasn’t good enough. But in the coming open market, the board is betting lots will think that’s pretty good. “The average of the market through a pooling operation does actually return people the best value, overall, over

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Canadian Wheat Board seen gaining grain-handling deals

By Rod Nickel March 14, 2012

Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said Feb. 27 he is confident the Canadian Wheat Board will strike agreements with grain handlers to allow it to start buying farmers’ 2012 crops for future delivery. As of Aug. 1, the wheat board plans to continue buying and selling upcoming crops, even though farmers will be no longer

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Git ‘r done Grain Growers urges

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

The Canadian Wheat Board will offer new crop-pricing options soon, spokesperson Maureen Fitzhenry said in an interview Feb. 22, but she declined to specify a date, nor say when the board expects to finalize agreements with companies to handle grain on its behalf. “It’s still our hope that we’ll be able to do something very

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Speculators raise wheat short to record high

By Mark Weinraub March 14, 2012

Large speculators raised their net short position in Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures and options to a record high amid ample stocks at a time of increased interest in the export market, regulatory data showed Feb. 24. The non-commercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, cut back on their bullish bets on corn

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Analysts advise making sales into canola rally

By MarketsFarm Team, Phil Franz-Warkentin March 14, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remained pointed higher during the week ended Feb. 24, as bullish technicals and solid end-user demand kept values well supported. Canola has moved higher every week for the past month, and while every advance heightens the chance of a profit-taking correction, that inevitable downturn has yet to rear its head.

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Crops briefs March 8

March 14, 2012

Record U.S. corn crop to cool red-hot prices washington / reuters U.S. farmers will harvest a record corn crop this year, which will rebuild stockpiles and bring down prices, a University of Missouri think-tank projected in a report March 5 that came in 2.5 per cent lower than the most recent U.S. government projections. The

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Canola cools off as Canada’s crushers curb demand

By Dwayne Klassen March 14, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to hold on to small gains during the week ended March 2. Fresh export demand from Mexico, along with some pretty good chart-based speculative demand, facilitated the upward price action. Concerns about dry conditions heading into spring seeding on the Prairies helped to influence some

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U.S. livestock: Cattle sink ahead of semi-annual inventory report

U.S. grains: Chicago wheat futures firm on recent dollar slide, winter weather

Feed Grains Weekly: More consideration being given to U.S. corn

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