No Obvious Winner In Comparisons

“Buyers will not volunteer payment security.” – SCOTT WOLFE REPORT Any replacement to the current system of bonding western Canadian grain buyers as required by federal law should be mandatory because a voluntary producer payment security system will not work, a new report says. “Buyers will not volunteer payment security,” says the summary of a

Are We Heading Back To Dismal Grain Prices?

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended July 17 little changed for canola, but moderately lower for barley. Canola was little changed on the week despite fairly strong gains in the Canadian


Revised ICE Canada Barley Futures Should Help Price Discovery

The newly revised Western barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform are slowly building their open interest and should eventually provide a better mechanism for price discovery and risk management, according to traders and industry participants. The revised barley contracts started trading June 22 with the November 2009 contract the nearest month. The major

USDA Shocks Markets, But What’s Changed?

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended July 3 mixed. Canola was lower in the old crop as demand slowed and liquidation of July contracts sent prices down. Bearish technical signals weighed


Could We Run Out Of Canola In 2009-10?

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at the ICE Canada futures market closed the week ended June 25 mixed with canola down modestly despite the crop problems induced by weather. Trading volumes were subdued as many participants have taken

Acres And Weather Becoming Market Focus

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 19 mixed, with canola lower. Canola was pressured down by a big slide in the Chicago soy complex and talk that China


Weather Changing Market Outlooks

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oilseed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended June 5 higher, with the market supported by gains in the U. S. markets. Canola rallied as cold conditions in Western Canada, slow farmer selling

ICE Canada To List New Western Barley Futures Contract

ICE Futures Canada has received approval to list a new Western barley futures contract, a notice to market participants from the exchange said. The current Western barley futures contract months from March 2010 onward are to be delisted immediately. July ’09, October ’09, and December ’09 contracts will remain listed, ICE Futures Canada said. The


Is The Wheat Rally Real?

For three-times-daily market reports from Don Bousquet and RNI, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca Grain and oi l seed prices at ICE Futures Canada in Winnipeg closed the week ended May 29 lower. Canola was pressured down by the big surge in the Canadian dollar. Newcrop canola did not see as big a

If It Ain’t Broke…

Most farmers have been blissfully unaware of how the Canadian Grain Commission ensures they get paid for the crops they work so hard to produce and sell – unless they’ve had the misfortune to deliver to a company that doesn’t pay. Even then, in most cases their losses have amounted to sweaty palms and restless