March canola oil closed at a new contract high today of $717.40/MT. IMF data shows global vegetable oil prices moving higher and canola oil likely still has further to climb. Overall rapeseed oil prices are responding to the tightening in global stocks. Global rapeseed oil stocks are 7.6 percent less than their low in 2013, and yet today’s price is still 23 percent below the last peak in 2012. This is not due to offsetting supplies of competing oils since overall global stocks of vegetable oils have tightened. Taking into account the real or inflation adjusted values and there is an even greater disparity between the ending stocks and market values today versus a decade ago. ...
What You Need to Know Today: Russia rejected calls for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, including a proposal to halt attacks on civilian shipping that could help restore grain flows from Ukrainian ports. Tyson Foods announced plans to permanently close its Joslin, Illinois, beef processing facili...
The big news in the cattle markets yesterday was Tyson Foods’ move to close two more beef plants. One of them, the Joslin, Illinois, plant was shuttered immediately after the announcement. The other, in Eagle Mountain, Utah, is a case-ready plant that does not slaughter cattle. Tyson also...
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday. In July, the CPI rose 0.1 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 3.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy, or the “core” infla...
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