Insights and Stories on Organic

Jan. 26, 2018 at 10:07 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin OrganicBiz staff CNS | Winnipeg – Canadian organic markets are holding steady in late-January, as contracted old crop business moves through the system and new crop offers are still not widely available. “The majority of the contracts are being filled right now, so there aren’t a lot […]

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Jan. 18, 2018 at 3:15 pm CST

USDA – Compared to four weeks ago, feed grade corn demand and activity good, trading 35 cents higher. Forward contract activity moderate. Feed grade soybean demand and activity moderate, trading 29 cents higher. Light forward contract activity. Soybean meal demand good on limited trade activity. Soybean oil trade too limited […]

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Jan. 4, 2018 at 11:12 am CST

Read more: Canada’s organic sector books better-than-expected year  (See our year-end organic summary price chart of our top five commodities in 2017 below)

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Dec. 29, 2017 at 5:52 am CST

By Ashley Robinson OrganicBiz staff Despite a dry summer across most of Western Canada, organic producers are celebrating a good year. However, weather worries are beginning to mount ahead of the 2018 campaign. “We were pretty nervous about what production may look like (in August)… but we were pleasantly surprised […]

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Dec. 21, 2017 at 5:21 pm CST

USDA – Compared with two weeks ago, feed grade corn demand good, trading 21 cents lower. Forward contracting active. Feed grade soybean demand and activity very light trading 13 cents lower FOB. Light forward contract activity. Soybean meal and oil demand and trade activity too limited to trend, but steady […]

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