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Sizable fund shorts still hang over CBOT grain market

Market speculators are looking at ample supplies and sticking with their bets

By Karen Braun December 11, 2017

There is simply too much supply in the world to shake speculators from their tremendously bearish view of Chicago-traded grain futures and options, and their hefty short stance still looms over the market. Combining net positions through Nov. 21 in CBOT corn and wheat, K.C. wheat, and Minneapolis-traded wheat futures and options, money managers hold

Grain Markets, Markets

Canola values slip lower in U.S. traders’ absence

Traders are largely gun shy while waiting on StatsCan data

By Dave Sims November 30, 2017

It was a sluggish week for ICE Futures Canada canola prices as the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday sent traders to the sidelines. Markets in the U.S. were closed on Thursday and had limited hours on Friday. The front-month January contract chopped around between the $514 and $520 marks for the beginning of the week ended Nov.

Crops, Markets

ICE Canada canola futures climb for third straight day

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen August 9, 2017

Chicago/Reuters – ICE Canada canola futures climbed on Wednesday for a third straight session, buoyed by a lack of moisture in parts of the Canadian Prairies and spillover strength from U.S. soyoil values, traders said. November canola rose $5.50 to settle at $511.20 per tonne, and January canola ended up $5.40 at $516.50. Chicago Board

Comment/Feedback, Markets, Weather

U.S. weather scares funds out of their shorts

Hot and dry conditions throughout much of the U.S. are causing supply concerns

By Karen Braun July 25, 2017

Speculators have turned bullish across all three Chicago and Minneapolis wheat contracts for the first time in over two years. Funds are also buying back gobs of corn and soybean contracts after being record or near-record short in recent weeks. Crops in the United States are extremely sensitive to weather at this time of year.

Grain Markets, Markets, Oilseeds

Oilseeds see sharp gains despite bearish reports

Traders are already second-guessing StatsCan on acres

By Phil Franz-Warkentin July 7, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts climbed higher over the course of the week ended June 30, hitting their best levels in months, despite large North American oilseed acres confirmed by Statistics Canada and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Record Canadian canola seedings and a six-million-acre increase in U.S. soybean area would typically be bearish for

Cereals, Markets, Oilseeds

Funds all-time record short across CBOT grains, oilseeds

By Karen Braun May 5, 2017

Speculators hit a milestone in the Chicago grains and oilseeds market in late April, as they have reached a new level of bearishness across all seven grains and oilseeds futures and options contracts. Combining corn, hard and soft red winter wheat, hard red spring wheat, soybeans, soybean oil and soybean meal, hedge funds and other

Grain Markets, Markets, Pulse markets

StatsCan canola and soybean estimates surprise traders

Abundant U.S. and world supplies continue to depress the wheat market

By Jade Markus April 27, 2017

ICE Futures Canada canola strengthened on the week, as wet weather in Western Canada continues to put last year’s harvest on hiatus. Fresh data from Statistics Canada painted a picture of this summer’s seeding, adding an element of spreading into the market. In the week ending Friday, April 21, canola gained more than C$20 per

Crops, Markets

Big data and agriculture markets: Part 3

Options-based strategies can help get more out of a chaotic market filled with randomness and unpredictability

By David Derwin February 1, 2017

The previous article in this three-part series addressed some of the main myths and misperceptions of commodity hedging. This final segment looks at some practical solutions for improving farm marketing and commodity revenue protection. In David Orrell’s book Apollo’s Arrow: The Science of Prediction and the Future of Everything, he writes about the unpredictability and

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock, Markets

National hedging plan weighed for hog farmers

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 10, 2015

If there’s a way for a national-level hedging program to help Canadian hog farmers limit their exposure to hog price volatility, the national hog industry body aims to find it. The Canadian Pork Council on Friday announced it had picked up $169,530 in federal funding for a feasibility study on developing such a hedging program.

Markets

CME Group to close most open-outcry futures trading pits

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek February 4, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group will shutter most of its open-outcry futures pits by July 2, the world’s largest futures market operator said Wednesday, bringing down the curtain on a once-raucous tradition that has been in decline since the rise of computerized trading. The decision ousts traders of products ranging from grain and livestock

Daily Network News

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U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures lower after sideways trade

U.S. grains: Wheat ends higher on short covering though ample supply weighs

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