Insights and Stories on Cereals

Rivals see local battles, not global war, with new beer giant

Oct. 15, 2015 at 5:31 pm CDT

Copenhagen/Brussels | Reuters — The prospect of a new competitor that produces one third of an entire industry’s output would normally terrify rival companies, but brewing is different. The very local nature of lagers and ales, and the fact that a price war is seen as unlikely, mean global market […]

Feed: Australian drought hurts grain production

Oct. 15, 2015 at 2:13 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed: Russia may plant more feed, U.K. less

Oct. 14, 2015 at 3:37 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairie wheat bids edge down as loonie rises

Oct. 13, 2015 at 6:07 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Labatt’s owner wins over SABMiller at fifth attempt

Oct. 13, 2015 at 1:05 pm CDT

By Martinne Geller philip-blenkinsop

Labatt owner ups offer for SABMiller as deadline looms

Oct. 12, 2015 at 4:04 pm CDT

Reuters — Anheuser-Busch InBev raised its proposed takeover offer for SABMiller on Monday, as the world’s largest brewer tries to win over its smaller rival to the idea of creating a giant that would make nearly a third of the world’s beer. The owner of the Budweiser, Labatt and Alexander […]

By Martinne Geller philip-blenkinsop

Clariant sees biofuels boost from VW diesel affair

Oct. 12, 2015 at 11:26 am CDT

Zurich | Reuters –– Swiss specialty chemicals group Clariant expects biofuels to get a boost from the scandal surrounding Volkswagen’s manipulation of diesel motor emissions tests, CEO Hariolf Kottmann told a German newspaper. Clariant is spending 30 million euros (C$44 million) a year to expand capacity in Munich to make […]

By Reuters

Labatt buys Toronto craft brewer Mill Street

Oct. 9, 2015 at 8:25 pm CDT

An award-winning Toronto craft brewer, famed as the biggest certified organic brewer in Canada, is now owned by the makers of Bud and Blue. Labatt Breweries, the Canadian arm of Anheuser-Busch InBev, announced Friday it has bought Mill Street Brewery for an undisclosed sum and will “immediately” invest $10 million […]

By Staff

Feed: Corn awaiting USDA, Sask. barley yields near average

Oct. 9, 2015 at 3:32 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 9. • CBOT corn futures were posting small gains Friday morning, but were holding rangebound overall as traders were squaring positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand report […]

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed grains: Corn edging down, Japan looking for barley

Oct. 8, 2015 at 6:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, Oct. 8. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses Thursday morning, but were holding rangebound overall as traders were squaring positions ahead of Friday’s USDA monthly supply/demand report. December corn was […]

By MarketsFarm Team