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CME To Push Ahead With Higher Corn Trading Limits

By Sam Nelson July 28, 2011

The CME Group made it clear at a July 19 meeting that the exchange would go ahead with plans to raise the daily trading limits on corn futures despite strong opposition from many grain-handling companies. The CME’s request to raise the trading limit to 40 cents from the current 30 cents is under review by

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Weather Concerns Drive Markets

By Dwayne Klassen July 21, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Canada trading platform continued their upward trek during the week ended July 15 with weather concerns and a pickup in demand assisting the price gains. Some of the weather concerns were linked to the Canadian Prairies and differing opinions on the condition of the canola crop in each of the

Hogs, Livestock

No Future For Pork Belly Futures

By Bob Burgdorfer July 21, 2011

Chicago’s iconic pork belly market has closed after 50 years of being the subject of jokes for movies and TV shows and satisfying Americans’ hunger for bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwiches. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange shut down the frozen pork belly futures market at the end of business on Friday, July 15. The closing had been expected. Trading

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Industry Skeptical On Canadian Barley Stocks Outlook

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 14, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform managed to claw back some advances during the week ended July 8. Talk of some fresh export demand coming forward for Canadian canola helped to see values rebound up. Some concern about hot weather outlooks for the Prairies also encouraged some of the upward price momentum.

Cereals, Livestock

Ethanol Producer Adding Cheap Wheat To Corn

By Carey Gillam July 14, 2011

The Andersons Inc., a major U.S. ethanol producer, has started mixing wheat into its corn-based biofuel in a move to lower costs and diversify its sourcing amid increasingly tight corn supplies. Andersons, which operates three U.S. ethanol plants with total capacity of 300 million gallons, has started using soft red winter wheat along with corn.

Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Drops On Fund Profit-Taking

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 30, 2011

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts dropped sharply during the week ended June 24, hitting their lowest levels in over a month as a broad-based fund sell-off weighed on prices. An unexpectedly bearish Statistics Canada acreage report also accounted for some of the selling, although most participants were downplaying the large StatsCan acreage number, given the

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Funds Retreat From Ag Investments As Prices Fall

By Mark Weinraub June 30, 2011

Money managers slashed their bullish bets in corn by 22 per cent to the smallest level in nearly a year at a time when analysts are saying that the year-long rally in grains has ended. Noncommercial traders, a category that includes hedge funds, cut their net long holdings in corn to 214,412 contracts in the

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

U.S. Crop Futures A Victim Of Growers’ Success

By Commodity News Service June 23, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform experienced a setback in value during the week ended June 17. The significant downturn in CBOT (Chicago Board of Trade) soybean and soyoil futures helped to facilitate the losses in canola, with the steady liquidation of positions by speculators and, to some extent, commodity fund accounts

Cereals, Crops

Market Volatility More Critical Than Rising Food Prices: CFA President

By Ron Friesen June 23, 2011

Don’t blame farmers for rising food prices, says the leader of Canada’s largest farm group. Farmers are only price-takers and have little influence over how market forces influence commodity prices, said Ron Bonnett, Canadian Federation of Agriculture president. The real issue isn’t high consumer prices so much as it is volatility in the marketplace, he

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

By Commodity News Service June 16, 2011

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform suffered a minor price setback during the week ended June 10. The taking of profits by speculative accounts after new highs were established in the July and November contracts provided some of the downward price momentum. Adding to the bearish price atmosphere in canola were the

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Tag Archives Futures contract

CME To Push Ahead With Higher Corn Trading Limits

Weather Concerns Drive Markets

No Future For Pork Belly Futures

Industry Skeptical On Canadian Barley Stocks Outlook

Ethanol Producer Adding Cheap Wheat To Corn

Canola Drops On Fund Profit-Taking

Funds Retreat From Ag Investments As Prices Fall

U.S. Crop Futures A Victim Of Growers’ Success

Market Volatility More Critical Than Rising Food Prices: CFA President

Canola, Barley Seen Gaining On Tight Supplies

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