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Sask. farmer running in federal election

Sask. farmer running in federal election

Megz Reynolds hopes to represent the riding of Cypress Hills – Grasslands

By Diego Flammini
Staff Writer
Farms.com

A grain farmer from southwest Saskatchewan is hoping to represent her community in Ottawa.

Megz Reynolds, who farms with her family near Kyle, Sask. is seeking the Conservative Party’s nomination in the riding of Cypress Hills – Grasslands.

Longtime Conservative representative David Anderson announced on March 4 that he wouldn’t be seeking reelection. He’s held the seat since 2000.

In the first part of a two-part interview with Reynolds, she talks with Farms.com about why she decided to enter the political arena and some of her top priorities on the campaign trail.




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The 12-day war between Iran-Israel came to an end sending crude oil futures plunging as the big fund speculators removed the war risk premium.

The weather risk premium in the Ag complex is sending corn, wheat and soybean futures lower on month-end selling ahead of the market moving USDA quarterly grain stocks and acreage reports on June 30th.

Instead, funds were chasing and sending tech stocks higher with the S&P 500/NASDAQ indexes setting new all-time record highs!

June 1 USDA Hogs and pigs report was slightly bearish while the U.S. $ Index traded to new contract lows as the de-dollarization that began in 2014 continues.

Feed in the form of soybean meal futures for livestock producers got cheaper, trading to new contract lows.

The Stats Canada seeded acreage update was bullish canola and wheat.