Thanks for tuning in to RealAg Radio. Guest host Kelvin Heppner is joined by Neil Townsend, of FarmLink Marketing Solutions and GrainFox, on these super-strong grain markets, and Greg Northey, with the Ag Transport Coalition, on the latest federal supply chain report. As well, don’t miss the product spotlight interview with Sandy Hart for Sevita… Read More
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The cure for high prices is high prices, but the world has to eat. Depending on which adage you subscribe to right now, the global grain markets are either bucking the trend or proving the point. Neil Townsend, senior market analyst with FarmLink Marketing Solutions and GrainFox, agrees that the current commodity price strength is… Read More
Could volatile be the new normal when it comes to commodity markets? With volatility being the only constant over the past while, it is certainly something that farmers and marketers are getting used to as they continue to try and navigate their way through fluctuating prices and variables that seem to be ever increasing. With… Read More
Thanks for tuning into RealAg Radio! Today’s show is brought to you by FP Genetics. You’ll hear from: Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions, on what the market is currently telling him, and his thoughts on the current geopolitical landscape; Nathan Penner of FP Genetics, on their hybrid fall rye; Lyndsey Smith of RealAgriculture, on… Read More
Although we’ve experienced dips in market pricing, there are good reasons to be cautiously optimistic about where commodity prices are for now, unless we see some significant changes in the local and global landscape. There are many factors that are currently affecting commodity markets. First and foremost is the ever-unfolding situation between Russia and Ukraine…. Read More
Welcome to this mid-week edition of RealAg Radio; thanks for making RealAg Radio a part of your day. Today’s show is brought to you Parametrics.Ag, powered by Global Ag Risk Solutions (GARS). You’ll hear: Pam de Rocquigny, CEO of Manitoba Crop Alliance, on the state of seeding across the province of Manitoba; Neil Townsend of… Read More
We’re tackling some big-picture items today in this episode of RealAg Radio. It’s a good one you won’t want to miss… You’ll hear: Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions, on geopolitical tensions in Russia and Ukraine impacting wheat and soybean markets; Andy Jung of Mosaic Company, on the impacts of these tensions from the fertilizer… Read More
If you’ve been following the markets lately, you’ll have noticed moves in the wheat markets in the past couple of days, driven by geopolitics. But what’s going on with soybeans? Neil Townsend, chief market analyst with FarmLink marketing solutions, joins RealAg Radio host Shaun Haney to discuss the impacts as Russia starts to make moves into… Read More
It doesn’t matter what the prices are if you have no crop to sell. That’s a hard truth that Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions shares in this week’s Wednesday edition of RealAg Radio on Rural Radio 147 Sirius XM. There’s going to be low numbers on canola, wheat, barley — you name it, he… Read More
On today’s RealAg Radio, you’ll hear from: Stan Eby, cattle producer from Ontario, and one of the five inductees into the Canadian Ag Hall of Fame; Neil Townsend of FarmLink Marketing Solutions, for all the current info on markets; and, The tops ag news stories of the day. Thoughts on something we talked about on… Read More
Canola, wheat, pulse crops, barley, and more acreage numbers were released in Statistics Canada’s report today. The numbers are what they are, and hopefully Statistics Canada was able to complete surveys that gave fairly accurate ones. To break it down for us, Neil Townsend, senior market analyst at FarmLink Marketing Solutions, joins Shaun Haney for… Read More
Welcome to this Tuesday edition of RealAg Radio. On today’s show you’ll hear: The top ag news stories of the day with host Shaun Haney Sean Speer, fellow at Public Policy Forum, about how on Canada’s Ag Day, both Minister Bibeau and Erin O’Toole are thinking too small; Heather Watson, executive director at Farm Management… Read More
If there was one piece of information you would have wanted in January of 2020, it might have been about COVID-19 transmission. But as of January 2021, the nugget of info that may mean the most for markets this year is if Chinese buying keeps pace or exceeds last year. There’s more at play in… Read More
When it comes to marketing grain crops, we all seem to have different strategies, and there isn’t necessarily one ‘correct’ answer. In the late 2020 oilseeds market, we are seeing highs that haven’t been experienced in years. And the prices just keep climbing. Those that sold weeks ago at what they thought were the highs,… Read More
For many, December is a time to reflect, to really sit back and look at what the previous months looked like. What were the highs? What were the lows? Despite 2020 being the year it was — and one I certainly won’t forget in my lifetime — it was also a whole lot of fun… Read More