Insights and Stories of Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Nov. 22, 2018 at 8:21 pm CST

CNS Canada — Feed grain prices have fluctuated very little over the past few weeks according to one Alberta-based commodities trader. Jim Beusekom, president of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge, said corn has been getting $245-$250 per tonne. There is plenty of corn available in the U.S. and its price […]

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Nov. 21, 2018 at 6:41 pm CST

CNS Canada — Phishing attacks, data theft and data manipulation are a few of the dangers producers face when using digital technology. Two experts on the subject, Adrienne Ehrhardt of Michael Best and Friedrich and Doug Tait of Thompson Dorfman Sweatman spoke about the importance of cyber security on farms […]

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Nov. 20, 2018 at 5:58 pm CST

CNS Canada — Although the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S. has been a good opportunity for Canada to increase its soybean exports to China, industry experts say there have been tradeoffs elsewhere. That trade war between the world’s two largest economies is expected to continue, or perhaps […]

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Nov. 16, 2018 at 8:52 pm CST

CNS Canada — There was a mix of good and bad from two senior market analysts when it came to their outlook for cereal crops. Jonathon Driedger and Neil Townsend, both with FarmLink Marketing Solutions, gave their thoughts about the global markets for wheat, durum, feed barley and oats Wednesday […]

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Nov. 7, 2018 at 9:45 am CST

CNS Canada – More than a year after the ground breaking ceremony was held for Roquette’s pea-processing plant at Portage la Prairie, Man., construction resumed on it at the end of October. According to a company spokesperson construction was halted last spring “to adjust and fine tune the project.” ”We […]

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