Canola prices edged higher Tuesday in thin trade, reflecting strength in other parts of the oilseeds complex. January canola at Winnipeg’s ICE Futures Canada exchange rose $2.90 per tonne to $581.50, March rose $3.30 to $589.80 and November rose $1.70 to $529.40 in the first session since Christmas. Domestic crushers continue to buy canola and […] Read more
Ed White
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My Christmas reading list
With only a day to Christmas Eve, it seems crass to talk about the markets, prices, money. Anything serious seems out of place. And everyone’s trying to bribe Santa by being nice. (This is the time of year when even opposition members have trouble being brought to criticize the governments they want to replace. A […] Read more
Farmer reluctance to sell firms canola prices
Old crop canola futures prices moved higher Tuesday, closing at $569.40 for the January and $576.40 for the March, but new crop prices were less peppy. November 2011 canola moved up just 50 cents per tonne to $522, compared to rises of $2.80 for January 2011 and $2 for March 2011. Canola gained strength from […] Read more
Aussie malt barley disaster spells higher prices ahead
Most of the prairie malting barley crop is already sold, so growers here might not get much benefit this winter from eastern Australia’s harvest disaster. But the situation could set up high prices going into 2011-12. The Canadian Wheat Board said short supply globally of malting barley means two things: high prices in today’s world […] Read more
Mideast drought implications still uncertain
Dryness has gripped a huge swath of the Middle East but whether that will result in increased sales of Canadian crops to the region remains to be seen. Not only could the weather change in time to save the region’s winter wheat crops, but also nations like Iraq have tough specifications for grain imports that […] Read more
China pulls in reins on canola
China’s government has taken aggressive steps to curb food price inflation but there are conflicting reports on whether that is slashing demand for Canadian crops and meat. A pork export leader says Chinese demand is unabated but a canola export expert says there are signs that trade is slumping. “It’s happening,” said Don Roberts of […] Read more
Researchers find chemical to prevent needle shed
Charlie Brown isn’t the only character to end up with a Christmas tree that sprinkles its needles like rain. Up to one-third of the six million trees per year cut during the great Canadian Christmas tree harvest every autumn end up losing almost all their needles before even getting to market, industry research shows. But […] Read more
Canola prices moving higher
Some canola futures contracts edged into new-high territory Wednesday, tickling an upside resistance line that many have feared could put a cap on the half-year rally. January canola closed at $575.40, up $6 per tonne from Tuesday, and March closed at $583.40, up by $7. New crop November canola futures closed up $3.20 at $525.20. […] Read more
Wanna get happy? Listen to Jim Rogers on 2011
Christmas can be a stressful time for many, especially if their lives aren’t as happy and fulfilling as they had hoped they would be. This is a time of year when the joyfulness of the season clashes with often much less joyful real world concerns – something that keeps the counsellor in the office next […] Read more
Naughty farmers, nice farmers: Santa’s all set up
Have you farmers out there been naughty or nice? I hope the answer is “Nice,” because Santa’s all set up to deliver the most wonderful present a farming business can receive: MONEY. But this is no gift card from a store you don’t like to shop at, but cash in the marketplace. The markets couldn’t […] Read more
