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CBOT December 2021 corn (blue line) with Bollinger bands (20,2) and MGEX, CBOT and K.C. September 2021 wheats (green, orange and yellow lines). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: Inflation another major concern for traders

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News July 14, 2021

MarketsFarm — While weather has become a primary factor in rising commodity prices over the past week, traders at the Chicago Board of Trade are also paying close attention on inflation. Earlier Wednesday morning, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the producer price index (PPI) increased by one per cent, more than expected,

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Fuel, labour to pull grain freight cost indices lower

CP's share buybacks also a factor in its VRCPI

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News May 7, 2020

The numbers that decide how much revenue Canada’s big two railways get to keep from Prairie grain handling have been marked downward for the 2020-21 crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency last week announced it will set the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) at 1.4202 for Canadian National Railway (CN) and at 1.4205 for Canadian

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Prairie grain freight cost index adjusted upward

By GFM Network News, Gfm Staff May 4, 2019

Corrected, May 6, 2019 and Jan. 7, 2021 — Canada’s big two railways can expect a small raise in the amount of revenue they get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the coming crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Tuesday announced it will set the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI) at 1.4371

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CTA to bump up Prairie grain freight cost index

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff April 25, 2018

Fuel and infrastructure improvements are expected to push up the cost of railroading and, in turn, the index guiding how much money Canada’s big two railways get to keep from hauling Prairie grain in the next crop year. The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) on Wednesday announced it will set the volume-related composite price index (VRCPI)

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World food prices edge up in April

By GFM Network News, Reuters May 5, 2016

Rome | Reuters — World food prices rose slightly in April, up for the third month in a row but they remained almost 10 per cent lower than a year earlier, the United Nations food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket

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CBOT weekly outlook: Inflation another major concern for traders

Fuel, labour to pull grain freight cost indices lower

Prairie grain freight cost index adjusted upward

CTA to bump up Prairie grain freight cost index

World food prices edge up in April

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