grain prices

Farmers in Saskatchewan are saying skyrocketing land prices have made it difficult for young producers to expand.  Will Robbins, a 43-year-old farmer who operates southwest of Saskatoon near the hamlet of Laura, says high prices are dissuasive.  He says more land means additional debt that would take too long to pay off.  Farmer Bill Prybylski near […]

Rail workers pushed back hard Friday against the federal government’s move to get them back on the job, with a new strike notice and a regulatory challenge making it unclear when freight traffic will fully resume. At Canadian National Railway Co., trains began to move again Friday morning as workers started to trickle back to […]

Price prospects for canola, durum, soybeans, corn and flax declined in the just-released August Outlook for Principal Field Crops published by the Market Analysis Group of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Between the July report and this August report of crop prices for 2024-25, the biggest price decline is for canola. The forecasted average price for […]

Extreme weather events like fires, floods, heat waves and droughts pose an increasing risk to Canada’s food supply chain, putting pressure on prices all the way to the grocery store shelf, say experts. “Anytime you have major weather-related events, it tends to increase costs,” said Frank Scali, vice-president of industry affairs at Food, Health & […]

If you ask grain farmers about their biggest input costs, they are likely to talk about equipment purchases, fertilizer prices or the cost of various crop protection products. One huge cost, grain freight rates are seldom top of mind because producers pay indirectly. Grain buyers pay the huge cost of grain movement by rail and […]

CANOLA NOV  592.10, down 4.90 CANOLA JAN  601.30, down 4.30 MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT SEP  589-3/4, up 4-1/2 KANSAS CITY WHEAT SEP  554 even, up 2-1/2 CHICAGO WHEAT SEP  542-1/2, up 5 CORN SEP  376-3/4, down 2-1/2 SOYBEANS SEP  988-3/4, down 4-3/4 OATS SEP  322 even, down 7-3/4 LIVE CATTLE OCT  181.15, up 3.12 LIVE CATTLE DEC  […]

CANOLA NOV  594.60, up 7.00 CANOLA JAN  603.40, up 7.10 MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT SEP  585-3/4, down 6-3/4 KANSAS CITY WHEAT SEP  555-1/2, down 6 CHICAGO WHEAT SEP  538-1/4, down 5 CORN SEP  383-1/4, down 5-1/2 SOYBEANS SEP  1005-1/4, down 8-3/4 OATS SEP  328-3/4, down 1-1/2 LIVE CATTLE OCT  179.27, up 0.22 LIVE CATTLE DEC  178.12, up […]

CANOLA NOV  594.60, up 7.00 CANOLA JAN  603.40, up 7.10 MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT SEP  585-3/4, down 6-3/4 KANSAS CITY WHEAT SEP  555-1/2, down 6 CHICAGO WHEAT SEP  538-1/4, down 5 CORN SEP  383-1/4, down 5-1/2 SOYBEANS SEP  1005-1/4, down 8-3/4 OATS SEP  328-3/4, down 1-1/2 LIVE CATTLE OCT  179.27, up 0.22 LIVE CATTLE DEC  178.12, up […]

CANOLA NOV  587.60, down 23.30 CANOLA JAN  596.30,down 23.20 MINNEAPOLIS WHEAT SEP  592-1/2, up 5 KANSAS CITY WHEAT SEP  561-1/2, up 1-1/4 CHICAGO WHEAT SEP  543-1/4, up 3-3/4 CORN SEP  388-3/4, down 2 SOYBEANS SEP  1014 even, down 17-1/2 OATS SEP  330-1/4, up 7 LIVE CATTLE OCT  179.05, up 0.05 LIVE CATTLE DEC  178.05, down […]

The weather played a role in canola and wheat futures’ movement last week. The November canola contract closed Friday afternoon at $610.90, up by $2.10 on the day. Future Commodity Advisor with Ventum Financial Adam Pukalo said however, the contract was down approximately 54 dollars a ton on the week. The September Minneapolis Wheat contract […]