Markets
D’Arce McMillan, The Western Producer markets editor, monitors trends in the North American and global agricultural markets. Each week he hosts a market video about crops. The video is designed to help viewers understand the forces responsible for changes in the trade. If agricultural markets are important to you, we have you covered.
Markets
Cattle tumble in technical selloff after contract highs
CHICAGO, June 6 (Reuters) – U.S. live cattle futures fell more than 1 percent on Tuesday, reversing from earlier life-of-contract highs on pressure from investment fund and technical selling, traders and analysts said. Feeder cattle futures declined by their daily price limit of 4.500 cents per pound while lean hog futures were mostly 1 percent […] Read more
Cattle extend gains as beef prices rise; hogs ease
CHICAGO, June 5 (Reuters) – U.S. cattle futures climbed about 1 percent on Monday, with several deferred live cattle contracts notching lifetime highs and front-month feeders hitting a 15-month peak on investment fund buying tied to gains in beef prices. Some cattle futures contracts reversed from earlier small losses at midday, boosted by U.S. Department […] Read more
CME live cattle futures climb to 1-month top
CHICAGO, June 2 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle contracts hit a one-month high on Friday, driven by fund buying and short-covering, said traders. Futures’ discounts to this week’s better-than-anticipated cash prices generated more buying. June closed 3.400 cents per pound higher at 1s 30.825 cents, and August 1.350 cents higher at 126.050 cents. […] Read more
Visible Canadian canola stocks tightest in nearly three years, exports slow
Winnipeg, June 2 (CNS Canada) – Canola supplies in commercial hands in Canada dropped to their tightest level in nearly three years, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission for the week ended May 28. Visible canola supplies, at 702,700, are down from the already tight level of 830,200 tonnes posted the […] Read more
Wet fields muddy seeding outlook
Rain proves to be a major setback for many farmers in central and northern parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan
Denis Guindon started seeding on May 11, which is the exact same date he was done last year. Two days after he hopped on the tractor his already soggy farm near Falher, Alta., received 50 millimetres of rain. It shut him down for a week. He got going again on May 21 for a couple […] Read more
Sunflower acres expected to drop
It’s become a familiar story in Manitoba. If growers have a choice between soybeans and another crop, beans usually win out. Such is the case this spring with sunflowers. Soybeans will set another acreage record and sunflowers will possibly hit the second lowest level ever in the province. Statistics Canada has predicted 50,000 acres of […] Read more
Strong cash prices boosts CME live cattle by 3-cent limit
CHICAGO, June 1 (Reuters) – Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled up their 3.000 cent per pound daily price limit on Thursday, fueled by short-covering following stronger-than-expected cash prices, said traders. Fund buying and futures’ discounts to this week’s cash returns enhanced market gains, they said. June and August closed limit up at 127.425 and […] Read more
European flax sales still not picking up
Russia is a strong contender in the flax market and Canadian industry officials are seeing their exports fall
Canada has not recaptured the European flax market this year as some had predicted. In fact, sales to the EU are down 19 percent so far compared to the previous year, according to Canadian Grain Commission statistics. The belief was that exports to the EU would rise after the European Commission tightened its tolerance level […] Read moreFeedlot placements jump to 14-year high
CHICAGO, May 26 (Reuters) – Feedlots placed 11 percent more cattle on feed in April than a year earlier, the most for the month in 14 years, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported May 26, beating average forecasts. Feedlots were making money from selling slaughter weight cattle at strong prices and that allowed them to […] Read more
