Canola futures and other crops dip on harvest pressure

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Published: September 22, 2015

Harvest pressure slightly depressed crop futures prices across the board on Tuesday.

Also there was some profit taking after Monday’s short covering rally.

Canola futures dipped along with soybeans and on good weather that is advancing harvest. There was frost in large parts of Saskatchewan Tuesday morning but warm temperatures are on the way later this week.

The USDA reported late Monday that U.S. soybean harvest is seven percent complete as of Sunday, ahead of the year-ago pace.

It also rated 63 percent of the soybean crop as good to excellent, up from 61 percent a week earlier, Reuters reported.

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Winnipeg ICE Futures Canada dollars per tonne

Canola Nov 2015         464.60         -3.40         -0.73%

Canola Jan 2016         469.60         -3.80         -0.80%

Canola Mar 2016         471.80         -3.90         -0.82%

Canola May 2016         472.30         -3.80         -0.80%

Canola Jul 2016         472.70         -3.80         -0.80%

 

Milling Wheat Oct 2015         235.00         unch         0.00%

Milling Wheat Dec 2015         239.00         unch         0.00%

Milling Wheat Mar 2016         244.00         unch         0.00%

 

Durum Wheat Oct 2015         330.00         unch         0.00%

Durum Wheat Dec 2015         330.00         unch         0.00%

Durum Wheat Mar 2016         335.00         unch         0.00%

 

Barley Oct 2015         184.00         unch         0.00%

Barley Dec 2015         184.00         unch         0.00%

Barley Mar 2016         186.00         unch         0.00%

 

American crop prices in cents US/bushel, soybean meal in $US/short ton, soy oil in cents US/pound

 

Chicago

Soybeans Nov 2015         861.75         -12.5         -1.43%

Soybeans Jan 2016         866.5         -12.25         -1.39%

Soybeans Mar 2016         871         -11.25         -1.28%

Soybeans May 2016         874.25         -10.75         -1.21%

Soybeans Jul 2016         879.25         -10.5         -1.18%

Soybeans Aug 2016         878.75         -10.25         -1.15%

 

Soybean Meal Oct 2015         304.9         -4.7         -1.52%

Soybean Meal Dec 2015         303.3         -4.9         -1.59%

Soybean Meal Jan 2016         301.8         -5.1         -1.66%

 

Soybean Oil Oct 2015         26.13         -0.37         -1.40%

Soybean Oil Dec 2015         26.34         -0.37         -1.39%

Soybean Oil Jan 2016         26.67         -0.36         -1.33%

 

Corn Dec 2015         380.5         -4         -1.04%

Corn Mar 2016         392.25         -3.75         -0.95%

Corn May 2016         399.5         -4         -0.99%

Corn Jul 2016         404.75         -4.25         -1.04%

Corn Sep 2016         398.75         -5         -1.24%

 

Oats Dec 2015         226.5         -5.25         -2.27%

Oats Mar 2016         230.25         -5.5         -2.33%

Oats May 2016         233         -5.25         -2.20%

Oats Jul 2016         233.75         -5.25         -2.20%

Oats Sep 2016         233.75         -5.25         -2.20%

 

Wheat Dec 2015         495.5         -1.25         -0.25%

Wheat Mar 2016         502.75         -1.25         -0.25%

Wheat May 2016         507.5         -1.25         -0.25%

Wheat Jul 2016         511.5         -1.25         -0.24%

Wheat Sep 2016         520         -1.25         -0.24%

 

Minneapolis

Spring Wheat Dec 2015         517         -1.25         -0.24%

Spring Wheat Mar 2016         531         -0.75         -0.14%

Spring Wheat May 2016         541         -1.25         -0.23%

Spring Wheat Jul 2016         551         -1.25         -0.23%

Spring Wheat Sep 2016         562         -0.75         -0.13%

 

Kansas City

Hard Red Wheat Dec 2015         488         -2.5         -0.51%

Hard Red Wheat Mar 2016         502.5         -2.5         -0.50%

Hard Red Wheat May 2016         512.25         -2.5         -0.49%

Hard Red Wheat Jul 2016         522         -2.25         -0.43%

Hard Red Wheat Sep 2016         536         -1.75         -0.33%

 

 

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