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Canola crush margins are half what they were a year ago, but crushers are still making money and buying canola, says an analyst. The ICE Futures canola board crush margin for the nearby futures contract on Oct. 6 was about $62 per tonne, down from $111 per tonne a year ago. Ken Ball, senior commodity […] Read more
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Canola sector must find new markets for protein
If all goes according to plan, prairie farmers will be producing 26 million tonnes of canola by 2025. If that does happen, as the Canola Council of Canada hopes, production will be 7.4 million tonnes more than 2016. Most people in the canola trade are on board with the expansion plan, but the industry will […] Read more
Tight supply has growers sitting on barley
Prices are rising and growers are in no panic to sell, especially if they have grain that could be malting quality
Feed barley markets in Western Canada continued to show strength last week with spot bids in some southern Alberta locations edging higher than $205 per tonne. Allen Pirness, a feed grain trader with Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said barley markets have been tight in recent weeks with reduced acreage, lower-than-expected yields and limited producer […] Read moreCME live cattle futures slump; cash prices disappoint
CHICAGO, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on Thursday reversed some of their recent gains, pressured by profit-taking following this week’s initial cash prices that fell short of expectations, said traders. To avoid cattle deliveries, some investors sold the October contract either outright or simultaneously bought deferred months in a trading strategy […] Read more
Market wrap: USDA bullish for oilseeds, bearish for wheat
November canola at one point hit $500 per tonnes on Thursday supported by a bullish data on soybeans in the monthly USDA report. But by the close the November contract had softened and closed at $495.70, up $2.20 or 0.45 percent. Active farmer selling at the highs of the day were behind the late session […] Read more
Pea plant construction talks continue in Moose Jaw
Canadian Protein Innovation plans to process yellow peas into starch and protein for animal protein replacements and for industrial uses
Negotiations continue between the City of Moose Jaw and Canadian Protein Innovation on possible construction of a $100 million pea processing facility. The city says it had extended the deadline to reach an agreement on the land purchase and servicing agreement until Nov. 30. A previous extension from Aug. 31 to Oct. 3 had also […] Read moreIndia’s bumper summer crop adds to ample pulse supply
India is forecasting the second biggest kharif (summer) pulse harvest on record, but a Canadian analyst believes it will be smaller than the government thinks. In its first advance estimate for the 2017-18 kharif crop, the Indian government predicted 8.71 million tonnes of pulse production. That would be down from last year’s record 9.42 million […] Read more
New export markets needed to accommodate rising pork production
Pork exports to China boomed in 2016 but slowed this year, although they remain on a long term rising trajectory. Future demand from China and other export markets will continue to be a key market factor as North American hog herds grow and slaughter expands. Forecasts indicate that while U.S. pork production should remain manageable […] Read more
WP livestock report
Hogs rise Rising pork prices, slower hog deliveries and strong packer margins lifted U.S. hog prices. The demands of the U.S. harvest reduced the number of pigs delivered to slaughter plants. Pork demand was supported by October being U.S. National Pork Month. The U.S. national live price average for barrows and gilts was US$41.62 per […] Read more
Canfax report
This cattle market information is selected from the weekly report from Canfax, a division of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association. More market information, analysis and statistics are available by becoming a Canfax subscriber by calling 403-275-5110 or at www.canfax.ca. Fed cattle higher The Canfax steer weighted average was $132.81 per hundredweight, up $1.18. There was no […] Read more
