Canola prices were little changed on Monday, climbing back from early losses with crushers doing some late bargain buying and others buying back previously sold positions.
Most markets were pushed into the red early by the revived worries over European debt. Cyprus is the latest country to require a multibillion dollar bailout. A plan to tax bank accounts to help pay for the country’s bailout stoked worries that it could threaten the stability of financial institutions in the rest of the euro zone.
Oilseeds were also under pressure from slowing demand for U.S. soybeans and the progressing South American harvest.
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A light frost hit Argentina over the weekend and it might have hurt late planted soybeans. Damage will not be known for several weeks.
Australian farmers might grow significantly less canola this year, after a dry start to the year in many areas. The Australian Oilseeds Federation expects plantings to be down 10 to 15 percent.
May canola closed at $623.50, up 30 cents. November closed at $551.90, unchanged.
The latest weekly USDA crop condition report shows the Kansas hard red winter wheat crop has improved. The crop was rated 29 percent good to excellent as of March 17, up two percentage points from a week earlier. Most of the state received only light rain during the week and topsoil moisture was rated 49 percent short or very short.
Winnipeg ICE Futures Canada. Dollars per tonne
Canola May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 623.50Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.30Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.05%
Canola Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 608.40Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.00Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.16%
Canola Nov 2013      551.90      unch      0.00%
Canola Jan 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 552.00Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.70Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.13%
Canola Mar 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 551.90Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.40Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.25%
Milling Wheat May 2013      292.00      unch      0.00%
Milling Wheat Jul 2013      294.00      unch      0.00%
Milling Wheat Oct 2013      294.00      unch      0.00%
Durum Wheat May 2013      311.00      unch      0.00%
Durum Wheat Jul 2013      314.00      unch      0.00%
Durum Wheat Oct 2013      299.30      unch      0.00%
Barley May 2013      243.00      unch      0.00%
Barley Jul 2013      243.50      unch      0.00%
Barley Oct 2013      243.50      unch      0.00%
American crop price in cents per bushel
Chicago
Soybeans May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 1409.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -16.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.16%
Soybeans Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 1394.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -16.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.15%
Soybeans Aug 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 1356.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -13.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.99%
Soybeans Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 1295.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -5.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.44%
Soybeans Nov 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 1258.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -2.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.20%
Soybeans Jan 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 1263.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -2.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.20%
Corn May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 720Â Â Â Â Â Â +3Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.42%
Corn Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 703.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +3Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.43%
Corn Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 588.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +1.5Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.26%
Corn Dec 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 562Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.25Â Â Â Â Â Â +0.04%
Corn Mar 2014      571      unch      0.00%
Oats May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 395.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -6.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.56%
Oats Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 386.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -2Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.51%
Oats Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 375Â Â Â Â Â Â -2Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.53%
Oats Dec 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 359Â Â Â Â Â Â -5.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.44%
Oats Mar 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 371Â Â Â Â Â Â -5.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.40%
Wheat May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 712.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -10.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.42%
Wheat Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 713Â Â Â Â Â Â -8.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.14%
Wheat Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 719.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -7Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.96%
Wheat Dec 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 732.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -6.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.85%
Wheat Mar 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 745.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -5.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.73%
Minneapolis
Spring Wheat May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 788.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -7.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.94%
Spring Wheat Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 788.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -8Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.00%
Spring Wheat Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 788.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -7.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.97%
Spring Wheat Dec 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 794.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -7.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.97%
Spring Wheat Mar 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 805.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -6Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.74%
Kansas City
KCBT Red Wheat May 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 744.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -7.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.96%
KCBT Red Wheat Jul 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 749.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -6.25Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.83%
KCBT Red Wheat Sep 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 762.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -5Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.65%
KCBT Red Wheat Dec 2013Â Â Â Â Â Â 779.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -2.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.35%
KCBT Red Wheat Mar 2014Â Â Â Â Â Â 791.5Â Â Â Â Â Â -1.75Â Â Â Â Â Â -0.22%
The Bank of Canada noon value for the loonie was 97.88 cents US, down from 98.11 on Friday. The U.S. buck was $1.0217 Cdn.
Nearby crude oil in New York rose 29 cents to $93.74 per barrel.
The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index ended the session down 48.27 points, or 0.38 percent, at 12,781.76.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 62.05 points, or 0.43 percent, to 14,452.06 at the close.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index shed 8.60 points, or 0.55 percent, to 1,552.10.
The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 11.48 points, or 0.35 percent, to close at 3,237.59.
