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Large Speculative Buying Drives Soybean Prices Into Overhead Resistance – for Sep. 16, 2010

September 16, 2010

So y b e a n prices have rallied $1.50 per bushel on speculative buying over the last two months. Cash prices in the Red River Valley have risen to $9.50 per bushel and this year’s crop is in relatively good condition. The U. S. soybean crop is also in very good shape with the

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Prairie Canola Stocks Report Bearish For Prices – for Sep. 16, 2010

September 16, 2010

Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform eased slightly during the week ended Sept. 10, with much of the downward price action linked to the Statistics Canada grain stocks in all positions report on Sept. 8 for the period ending July 31. The numbers for canola were particularly bearish, with the government agency

Crops, Forages

Sugar Beet Ruling Pressures USDA GMO Oversight – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Carey Gillam September 9, 2010

Proponents of tighter U. S. oversight of biotech crops say a court-ordered ban on genetically modified sugar beets is a key ruling that should lead to more thorough regulatory review of such crops. And they threatened further court action against the U. S. Department of Agriculture if the agency does not start examining the environmental

Opinion

Fair Food, Circus Fare – for Aug. 19, 2010

By Alan Guebert August 19, 2010

As the county and state fair season spreads across America, farmers, ranchers and producer groups from Maryland and Montana will cook rib-eyes, whip up omelettes, grill chicken, barbecue pork steaks, butter sweet corn and pour thick milkshakes for their non-farming customers from Baltimore to Billings and nearly everywhere in between. This fresh, wholesome goodness will

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Potential For Volatility To Continue Through August – for Aug. 19, 2010

August 19, 2010

ICE Futures Canada canola futures lost ground during the week ended Aug. 13, retracing back slightly from recent contract highs on improved crop prospects in Western Canada and the subsequent increase in production estimates. Sentiment that recent good weather has increased the size of the Canadian canola crop was noted. Based on early harvest results,

Livestock

Gulf Cattle Ranchers Fear Toxins After Oil Spill – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Alexandria Sage August 12, 2010

The cattle in these parts don’t seem to mind the helicopters hauling oil booms overhead, nor the response boats hurrying past their banks. But the oil that British energy giant BP is scrambling to clean up from its massive Gulf of Mexico spill threatens the animals’ grazing land and the income of the ranchers who

Livestock

Gulf Cattle Ranchers Fear Toxins After Oil Spill – for Aug. 12, 2010

By Alexandria Sage August 12, 2010

The cattle in these parts don’t seem to mind the helicopters hauling oil booms overhead, nor the response boats hurrying past their banks. But the oil that British energy giant BP is scrambling to clean up from its massive Gulf of Mexico spill threatens the animals’ grazing land and the income of the ranchers who

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Trade’s Sentiments Not As Dire On Canola Crop Size – for Aug. 5, 2010

August 5, 2010

ICE Futures Canada canola futures continue to maintain an upward trending bias, but held about steady for the week ended July 30. During the week, canola contracts retraced back from recent contract highs, only to charge higher again and test overhead resistance as the week came to an end. Interesting to watch canola market activity

Cereals, News

PROs Increase Despite Bearish Market – for Jul. 29, 2010

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 29, 2010

Wheat values in the Canadian Wheat Board’s July 2010 Pool Return Outlook (PRO) for the 2010-11 crop year are up between $6 and $14 per tonne from last month. Durum is up $13 to $14 per tonne and malting barley has increased by $10 to $11 per tonne. Feed barley values remain unchanged from June.

Cereals, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Canola Bulls See Grey Skies Ahead

July 15, 2010

For three-times-daily market reports from Resource News International, visit “ICE Futures Canada updates” at www.manitobacooperator.ca. Canola futures on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted solid advances during the week ended July 9 with gains coming on the heels of the reduced production prospects for the crop. The penetration of key technical resistance in the

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Tag Archives U.S. Department of Agriculture

Large Speculative Buying Drives Soybean Prices Into Overhead Resistance – for Sep. 16, 2010

Prairie Canola Stocks Report Bearish For Prices – for Sep. 16, 2010

Sugar Beet Ruling Pressures USDA GMO Oversight – for Sep. 9, 2010

Fair Food, Circus Fare – for Aug. 19, 2010

Potential For Volatility To Continue Through August – for Aug. 19, 2010

Gulf Cattle Ranchers Fear Toxins After Oil Spill – for Aug. 12, 2010

Gulf Cattle Ranchers Fear Toxins After Oil Spill – for Aug. 12, 2010

Trade’s Sentiments Not As Dire On Canola Crop Size – for Aug. 5, 2010

PROs Increase Despite Bearish Market – for Jul. 29, 2010

Canola Bulls See Grey Skies Ahead

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