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Crop problems lead to options bets on $7-$8 corn

By Sam Nelson February 15, 2012

For the past month, investors who foresee a potential shortfall in U.S. corn production at a time of brisk demand have placed low-risk bets that new-crop prices will surge 25 to 45 per cent by the end of this year. They’re banking on corn to surge back to the $7- or even $8-per-bushel mark after

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U.S. farmers, ranchers out $100 million

By K.t. Arasu February 16, 2012

U.S. farmers and ranchers who had accounts with failed broker MF Global have got back the bulk of their money, but are still owed about $100 million. The $100 million is believed to be part of MF Global customers’ $1.2 billion in funds that remain missing after the chaotic flame-out of the broker. Thousands of

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EU wheat prices up on cold

February 15, 2012

European milling wheat futures rose on Monday to their highest in nearly eight months as buying linked to options reinforced support from nervousness about the risk to crops from freezing conditions across Europe. March milling wheat on the Paris-based futures market was up 5.00 euros or 2.3 per cent at 222.25 euros a tonne, a

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Feeder prices may indicate time for correction

By Jerry Klassen February 14, 2012

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices last week were $2 per hundredweight lower to $2 per hundredweight higher in comparison to a week earlier. Sellers were passing on record-high bids for heavier-weight feeder cattle, which is usually a signal that the market is due for a correction. Angus-cross light-flesh steers averaging 880 pounds sold for $141

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Farmers get marketing “wake-up call”

By Daniel Winters, Shannon VanRaes January 27, 2012

The open market is coming and wheat farmers have a lot to learn in a hurry, marketing experts told farmers attending Ag Days in Brandon. While seminar speakers filled farmers in on the ins and outs of what is expected to be a new era for grain marketing in Western Canada, representatives of the now

Cereals, Crops, News, Opinion

Choose your middleman carefully

January 27, 2012

“Shop it around.” “Read the fine print.” “Work with companies you trust.” “Don’t try doing this without professional help.” The advice is flying thick and fast as farmers try to wrap their heads around the prospect of selling their wheat, durum and malt barley on the open market for the first time since their great-grandfathers

Cereals, Grain Markets, News, Oilseeds

Forecast calls for record canola acres, output

By Dwayne Klassen January 27, 2012

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform were mixed during the week ended Jan. 20, with the nearby months seeing small gains while the deferred values were slightly weaker. A continued strong export lineup at Canada’s West Coast, along with strong domestic demand from the processing sector, helped to generate some of the

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New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

January 27, 2012

Traders took a cautious approach to new IntercontinentalExchange grain futures and options contracts introduced Jan. 23 as the exchange looked to capitalize on the approaching end of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly. ICE Futures Canada, based in Winnipeg, launched new milling wheat, durum and barley contracts for delivery in October and later, after the wheat

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Co-operating with its competitors

By Laura Rance-Unger January 27, 2012

Attendance was down at the annual Canadian Wheat Board breakfast at Ag Days this year, but the farmers who came were encouraged by what they heard. “That just made my day. Now we have a choice,” said Jake Hofer, a wheat producer from Treesbank Colony after listening to a presentation by Gord Flaten, the board’s

Livestock, News

U.S. cattle placements fall six per cent

January 27, 2012

Marketings are down two per cent Chicago / Reuters The number of cattle that flowed into feedlots in December fell six per cent, according to the Jan. 20 U.S. government cattle-on-feed data, a decline analysts had expected because of severe drought and high corn prices. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s placement data came in

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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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Crop problems lead to options bets on $7-$8 corn

U.S. farmers, ranchers out $100 million

EU wheat prices up on cold

Feeder prices may indicate time for correction

Farmers get marketing “wake-up call”

Choose your middleman carefully

Forecast calls for record canola acres, output

New ICE Canada grain contracts off to slow start

Co-operating with its competitors

U.S. cattle placements fall six per cent

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