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Expert’s Radar: Competition and retribution in view
Questions on export demand await wane of harvest pressures
Harvest operations are in their final stages across Western Canada, with all of that newly harvested grain looking for a home. Seasonal trends in grain markets weigh on most crops at this time of year as the supply/demand balance is flush with new supplies, but the long-range price direction will soon refocus on demand. Exports
Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids near bottom post-harvest
Feed corn values narrowing against barley
MarketsFarm — After a better-than-expected harvest across the Canadian Prairies, feed grain prices on the region either have bottomed out or soon will, according to Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon. “They’ve dropped significantly in the past three to four weeks as harvest pressure kicked off,” he said, citing feed barley going into feedlot
ICE weekly outlook: Canola ‘due for a bounce’
Weather co-operating, mostly, for Prairie harvesting
MarketsFarm — A month-long decline of ICE Futures canola prices, which saw the oilseed lose $110 per tonne, came to an end and was followed by a bounce-back. While the price of the November canola contract still declined by $10/tonne to $726.10 during the week ended Wednesday, it hit its lowest price since the end
CBOT weekly outlook: Soy, corn trade watch harvest weather
USDA to publish quarterly stocks data Friday
MarketsFarm — Harvest operations for soybeans and corn are in their early stages, with seasonal selling pressure likely to limit any upside potential in the futures markets over the next few weeks. However, both commodities have found nearby support on the other side keeping values rangebound overall. The U.S. soybean harvest was 12 per cent
Growers struggle with high-biomass canola
Although the reason isn’t clear, Manitoba’s canola fields got tall and that’s been a headache for harvest 2023
Manitoba canola growers face some frustration on the swather this year. Many have had trouble getting the crop through the machine. “In Manitoba this year, our canola is very tall,” said Courtney Boyachek, agronomist with both the Manitoba Canola Growers and the Canola Council of Canada. “I’m not a very tall person, but when I can walk into the field and
Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids
Some yields turn out 'better than expected'
MarketsFarm — Seasonal harvest pressure and expectations for large corn deliveries from the United States should limit any upside potential in feed barley bids in Western Canada for the foreseeable future despite this year’s smaller crop. “We’re getting some better-than-expected yields (in central Alberta), so there is some harvest pressure with guys needing to move
U.S. grains: Soybeans fall to one-month low on export woes
CBOT corn, wheat end down
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. benchmark soybean futures fell below US$13 a bushel on Thursday for the first time in a month while corn and wheat futures held near multi-year lows on downbeat weekly export sales, an expanding U.S. harvest and economic worries, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans settled down 26-1/4 cents
CBOT weekly outlook: Funds getting out of soybeans
Potential for U.S. government shutdown a concern
MarketsFarm — While corn and wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) stayed fairly steady during the week ended Wednesday, soybean prices steadily declined. The November soybean contract dropped 30 cents per bushel from one week ago to close Wednesday at $13.1975/bu. (all figures US$). During the same week, December corn only lost
Corn fields in dry-down mode, canola harvest at 55 per cent
Manitoba Crop Report: Issue 19 (week 38)
Overview Harvest progress sits at 64 per cent complete across the province (see at top), which is ahead of the 5-year average (54 per cent). Harvest continues in spring cereal crops, with barley at 95 per cent complete, oats at 95 per cent complete and spring wheat at 93 per cent complete. Overall, cereal crops
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