In many ways Buhler Industries Inc. is a growing company. But that wasn’t reflected in sales, profits or share prices in 2010. The company hopes that will change in 2011 if overseas equipment markets recover from recession, crop production problems in Canada and overseas don’t recur and confidence returns to buyers. “We’re still seeing it […] Read more
Ed White
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USDA report sends crop prices up
Crop prices shot high Jan. 12 after bullish corn and soybean numbers in U.S. reports combined with a worldwide all-markets rally. March canola futures at Winnipeg’s ICE Futures Canada exchange hit $13.50 per bushel, Minneapolis hard red spring wheat futures hit $8.77 per bu. and Chicago oats reached $3.94 per bu. Corn and soybean March […] Read more
Some limits, some gaps, and some settling back
Well, golly, there wasn’t bad news in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s reports today and there was stuff seen as generally good news, so up, up, up we’ve gone. Then settled back a bit. But most ag commodities haven’t locked limit up, so we can’t assume it’s nowhere but up from here. Still, the charts […] Read more
So exciting
Tomorrow (Wednesday) the USDA comes out with a handful of potentially explosive reports. It’s so exciting! The phalanx of agricultural market analysis are girding their loins and fastening their breastplates for a wild time tomorrow as – for ever so brief a moment – the world’s markets turn their attention to crop supply and demand […] Read more
Looking for the Eno factor in ag markets
Trying to find the “God” indicator in technical analysis is likely to be as tough as the search for the “God” particle at the Large Hadron Collider. Is there one to find? That’s what the folks at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland will maybe discover sometime with that big go-cart track of theirs. Is there one […] Read more
Blackleg becoming bigger risk
ST. JEAN BAPTISTE, Man. – Blackleg could become a big problem again, especially for farmers who have been pushing canola rotations, experts are warning. New strains of the disease have appeared, and too-close canola crops have created an ideal situation for resistance to develop to the genetics that farmers have been relying on for years. […] Read more
Baptized in the frozen Jordan of St.JB
Every calendar year for me begins a trip down to St. Jean-Baptiste, a charming if frozen French village south of Morris and north of Emerson. Each year at this time the community holds St. Jean Farm Days, and it’s always my favourite farmer’s show. Before I get into that, allow me to comment on a […] Read more
Commodities entering strong market cycle
Jim Rogers still says there is no end in sight for the long-term commodities boom that he famously began calling for in the late 1990s. That means he expects more surges in crop prices and general strength in commodity prices for almost a decade longer. “We have shortages already,” Rogers said in a recent interview […] Read more
Wet spring possible, warns expert
Another wet spring could easily hit the Canadian Prairies, says a leading U.S. agricultural meteorologist. “We’re looking at that being potentially a big player once again,” said Bryce Anderson of DTN. “I don’t think we can look at what happened last spring as just a onetime shot. This high latitude blocking, and its influence on […] Read more
La Nina likely to raise havoc with global crops
There’s little chance of La Nina fading before spring seeding, and that means likely continuing instability for southern hemisphere crops in their crucial growing seasons. And once the northern hemisphere seeding season hits, not only will La Nina probably have an impact, but a clash between it and an arctic weather phenomenon could throw wild […] Read more
