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ICE weekly outlook: Canola stronger at midweek

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News November 5, 2020

MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts were stronger on Wednesday, making up losses incurred earlier in the week. The nearby January contract closed Wednesday at $545.80 per tonne, gaining over $10 since closing at $534.90 on Monday. Record-high temperatures in parts of the Prairies were part of the reason behind canola’s rally. However, temperatures are […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn declines on long liquidation

Soybeans lower, wheat rallies

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News November 3, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures declined on Monday as funds scaled back long positions ahead of the U.S. presidential election, and forecasts called for optimal weather in the Midwest, where farmers are wrapping up the harvest of corn and soybeans, analysts said. Wheat futures turned higher, rallying on bargain-buying after a five-session slide. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Wheat slides on profit-taking, weather

January soybeans up, December corn flat

By Julie Ingwersen, GFM Network News October 30, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures fell on Friday for a fifth straight session, retreating from multi-year highs set last week, on fund-driven long liquidation and improving crop prospects in the southern U.S. Plains, analysts said. Soybean futures firmed on export demand while corn settled narrowly mixed, with the front December contract losing relative […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Soybeans, Winter Wheat

CBOT weekly outlook: After October rally, November ‘is for bears’

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm, GFM Network News October 27, 2020

MarketsFarm — Commodities on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have seen a counter-season rally, with a correction expected in the near future. “Markets are definitely overbought,” said Scott Capinegro of Barrington Commodity Brokers in Barrington, Ill. “It’s harvest and we’re still rallying.” World weather conditions are part of the driving force behind the rally, […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Weather

Study shows how U.S. farm landscapes could be reshaped by climate

Plains' wheat belt would see 'hollowing-out'

By Sonia Elks, GFM Network News October 5, 2020

London | Thomson Reuters Foundation — Climate change could render swaths of agricultural land largely useless for farming in the U.S. South, and force Midwestern farmers to move corn and soybeans elsewhere as crop yields decline, researchers said on Monday. The profits of growing six key crops are set to fall by almost a third […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Prairies can expect far better harvest weather this fall

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News September 18, 2020

MarketsFarm — Prairie farmers are likely going have good weather over the next few weeks, according to Scott Kehler of Weatherlogics. “We got a pretty significant warm-up across most of the Prairies through to the end of September. It should be fairly warm and not too much in the way of precipitation,” he said. “At […] Read more

Crops, News

Clear sailing on a perfect harvest day

By Alberta Farmer Staff September 17, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Harvesting conditions were ideal — clear, dry and the temperature hitting 27 C — on this Stony Plain-area operation on Sept. 10. But more good weather will be needed to get all the crops in. The Sept. 8 provincial crop report said just 8.8 per cent of crops had been harvested in the North West […] Read more

News, Weather

Hail claims about average

By Canadian Crop Hail Association September 11, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute So far, it’s been an average season when it comes to hail damage, says the Canadian Crop Hail Association. There have been more than 10,000 claims this year, the association said in an Aug. 31 release. Alberta has about one-quarter of those claims. “Claims filed in Alberta are currently close to last year’s numbers, but […] Read more

General, Reuters, Weather

La Nina present, 75 per cent chance seen through 2020 winter

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 10, 2020

Reuters — La Nina conditions were present in August, and have a 75 per cent chance of continuing through the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2020-21, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The La Nina pattern is characterized by unusually cold temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. A borderline moderate La Nina event is […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Early harvest pressures Alberta prices

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News August 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Feed prices in Alberta took something of a tumble this week, Allen Pirness of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge reported. Feed prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, meanwhile, were steady. “Six weeks ago we were seeing harvest, at best, at the end of August. With the heat wave that’s been upon us the last […] Read more

Pulse packers’ security covers cash owed to farmers

Farm cash receipts up in 2020

U.S. grains: Soy, corn up on unfavourable South American weather

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