Commodity markets showed little predictability ahead of the Statistics Canada planting intentions report in the middle of last week. Canola acres might be down from expectations, while western Canadian growers diversify their cropping, spreading their risk around for the 2014 growing season.
That pushed canola markets up nearly half a point on the week, finishing Friday at $471.70 for May. The smaller expected acres didn’t provide any growth on the November contract, which lost ground over the week, finishing at $485.20, down two points over the period.
Canola had soared higher Friday with continuing support from the bullish Statistics Canada report Thursday and on a report that Pakistan had bought about 100,000 tonnes of the oilseed.
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May canola ended Friday at $471.70 up $19.30 or 4.27 percent.
Over the week May was up $2 or 0.4 percent.
Although the StatsCan numbers were for new crop, the nearby contracts are rising faster than new crop.
November closed at $485.20, up $11.60 or 2.45 percent
On the week, November fell $8.90 or 1.8 percent.
Reuters reported that one shipment to Pakistan of 55,000 tonnes was bought at $589 a tonne on a cost and freight basis for shipment in May.
The other shipment for 46,000 tonnes was at a price of about $575 a tonne for shipment in August.
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The increased tension between Russia and Ukraine pushed wheat higher. Also the rain in the U.S. plains this week did not reach the driest parts of the western hard red winter wheat region.
Spring wheat futures rose about two percent this week.
Corn rose again as concern rises about the slow start to seeding in the U.S. Midwest. A lot of rain is expected there over the next few days.
Over the week, corn rose 2.5 percent and both nearby and new crop December futures are above $5 per bushel.
Soybeans rose Friday on thoughts that declines earlier in the week were overdone.
U.S. processors were still scrambling to find soy to crush, lifting soymeal and soybeans, traders told Reuters.
“The reality is that the basis level is above the futures market on the meal, and that’s still driving us gangbusters,” said Jerry Gidel, chief feed grains analyst for Rice Dairy.
Early in the week, soybeans fell on word that China was defaulting on deals and that shipments of Brazilian soybeans were being diverted to the U.S.
May soybeans closed at $14.98 a bushel, down 16 cents or just over one percent on the week.
The International Grains Council said on Friday it had cut its 2014-15 global corn and wheat production forecasts, Reuters reported
World corn production was projected at 950 million tonnes, down 11 million from last month’s forecast, and below the prior season’s 965 million.
For wheat, global production was trimmed by three million tonnes from the March forecast to 697 million, below last season’s 709 million tonnes.
Global consumption of wheat was pegged at 701 million tonnes, up one million tonnes from the previous month and higher than the previous year’s 691 million tonnes.
Corn consumption was forecast at 945 million tonnes, unchanged from a month earlier and up from 935 million tonnes the previous year.
Winnipeg ICE Futures Canada dollars per tonne
Canola May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 471.70Â Â Â Â Â Â +19.30Â Â Â Â Â Â +4.27%
Canola Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 474.30Â Â Â Â Â Â +14.20Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.09%
Canola Nov 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 485.20Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.60Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.45%
Canola Jan 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 491.70Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.30Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.35%
Canola Mar 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 497.90Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.20Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.30%
Milling Wheat May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 225.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.35%
Milling Wheat Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 224.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.36%
Milling Wheat Oct 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 226.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.35%
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Durum Wheat May 2014      250.00      unch      0.00%
Durum Wheat Jul 2014      250.00      unch      0.00%
Durum Wheat Oct 2014      252.00      unch      0.00%
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Barley May 2014      139.50      unch      0.00%
Barley Jul 2014      140.50      unch      0.00%
Barley Oct 2014      140.50      unch      0.00%
American crop prices in cents US/bushel, soybean meal in $US/short ton, soy oil in cents US/pound
Chicago
Soybeans May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1498Â Â Â Â Â Â +26Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.77%
Soybeans Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1494.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +24.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.65%
Soybeans Aug 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1428.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +18.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.33%
Soybeans Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1302Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.91%
Soybeans Nov 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1239.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +8.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.71%
Soybeans Jan 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 1245Â Â Â Â Â Â +8.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.67%
Soybean Meal May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 490.6Â Â Â Â Â Â +10.4Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.17%
Soybean Meal Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 481.4Â Â Â Â Â Â +10.7Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.27%
Soybean Meal Aug 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 454.1Â Â Â Â Â Â +7.7Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.72%
Soybean Oil May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 42.92Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.33Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.77%
Soybean Oil Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 43.15Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.29Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.68%
Soybean Oil Aug 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 43Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.2Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.47%
Corn May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 507Â Â Â Â Â Â +5.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.15%
Corn Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 512.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +5.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.08%
Corn Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 509.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +4.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.84%
Corn Dec 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 506.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.70%
Corn Mar 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 514.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +3.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.69%
Oats May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 402.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.19%
Oats Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 358Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.70%
Oats Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 349.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.79%
Oats Dec 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 338.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +2Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.59%
Oats Mar 2015      336.25      unch      0.00%
Wheat May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 700.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.63%
Wheat Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 708.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.69%
Wheat Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 716.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +11Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.56%
Wheat Dec 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 730.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +10.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.49%
Wheat Mar 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 742.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +10Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.36%
Minneapolis
Spring Wheat May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 747.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +11.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.53%
Spring Wheat Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 749.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +10Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.35%
Spring Wheat Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 755.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +9.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.24%
Spring Wheat Dec 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 766.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +9.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.25%
Spring Wheat Mar 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 773.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +7.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.98%
Kansas City
KC HRW Wheat May 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 775.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +16.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +2.14%
KC HRW Wheat Jul 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 779.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +14Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.83%
KC HRW Wheat Sep 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 785.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +13.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.78%
KC HRW Wheat Dec 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 795.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +13.75Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.76%
KC HRW Wheat Mar 2015Â Â Â Â Â Â 798.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +12.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.59%
Light crude oil nearby futures in New York dropped $1.34 at $100.60 US per barrel.
The Canadian dollar at noon was 90.56 cents US, down from 90.69 cents the previous trading day. The U.S. dollar at noon was $1.1042 Cdn.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index closed down 20.68 points, or 0.14 percent, at 14,533.57.
The index gained 0.2 percent on the week.
Weaker than expected reports from Amazon and Ford pressured U.s. indexes lower.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 140.19 points or 0.85 percent, to end at 16,361.46.
The S&P 500 dropped 15.21 points or 0.81 percent, to 1,863.40.
The Nasdaq Composite tumbled 72.777 points or 1.75 percent, to 4,075.561.
For the week, the Dow fell 0.3 percent, the S&P 500 dipped 0.1 percent and the Nasdaq lost 0.5 percent.
