Insights and Stories on Markets

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:53 pm CDT

Read more: Organic crop prices soft ahead of harvest  

By OrganicBiz

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:31 pm CDT

Marlo Glass, MarketsFarm Organic commodities have been put under pressure price-wise ahead of harvest due to co-operative weather and higher-than-expected yields. “Some yields are sounding really good,” said Scott Shiels, procurement manager with Grain Millers Canada Corp. at Yorkton, Sask. In particular, oat and wheat yields showed strength. “If yields […]

By OrganicBiz

Jul. 31, 2019 at 10:00 am CDT

Read more: Cheaper corn imports keep Canadian organic feed under pressure

By OrganicBiz

Jul. 31, 2019 at 9:48 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff Winnipeg | MarketsFarm, July 26 – Excessive moisture in Ontario and dryness in Western Canada at seeding time had led to some early uncertainty in the organic feed markets, but improved conditions and competing imports are keeping prices under pressure heading through the summer. […]

By OrganicBiz

Jul. 26, 2019 at 1:34 pm CDT

Canada’s canola industry and the federal government were surprised when China abruptly stopped buying canola from two Canadian exporters in March. But a new report prepared for the Canadian Agri-Food Policy Institute (CAPI) suggests they shouldn’t have been. China has, for socio-economic and political reasons, had been planning to reduce […]

By Allan Dawson