Insights and Stories on Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle experience volatile price action

Oct. 21, 2014 at 5:19 am CDT

Western Canada’s feeder cattle prices traded in an volatile fashion this past week due to uncertain economics and beef demand uncertainty. Early in the week, auction barns were reporting values steady with week-ago levels; however, buying enthusiasm started to wane by Wednesday and prices were $3-$5 per hundredweight (cwt) lower […]

Prairie CWRS bids up as basis moves to a premium

Oct. 20, 2014 at 8:26 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: Fund buying lifts CME live cattle to new high

Oct. 20, 2014 at 7:30 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Prices touch one-week lows on improved U.S. harvest weather

Oct. 20, 2014 at 7:23 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CP, CSX no longer talking merger

Oct. 20, 2014 at 4:33 pm CDT

By Staff

A+W tightens chicken supply requirements

Oct. 20, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

Canada’s No. 2 burger chain, in the midst of a bid to carve out new market space for its beef and eggs, now plans to differentiate its chicken burgers and chicken strips in the same way. A+W Food Services on Monday announced the latest step in its “Our Ingredients Guarantee” […]

By Staff

Revised U.S. COOL law still breaks trade rules, WTO panel finds

Oct. 20, 2014 at 1:09 pm CDT

A World Trade Organization compliance panel has ruled the U.S. government offside in its latest attempt at a trade-compliant country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law on meat. Following a long-awaited public release Monday, the ruling may give Canada and Mexico the ammunition to demand COOL be scrapped, on pain of retaliatory tariffs […]

By Dave Bedard

Canaryseed market quiet, but watching Europe

Oct. 17, 2014 at 8:09 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Saskatchewan’s canaryseed harvest in Saskatchewan is moving along, although with production only up slightly on the year and demand steady for the time being, the market is relatively quiet. European demand, however, could be one supportive influence going forward. Current canaryseed prices range from about 22 to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. senator raises concerns over potential CP, CSX deal

Oct. 17, 2014 at 7:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The head of a U.S. Senate subcommittee raised concerns in a letter Thursday to the U.S. Attorney General and head of the top U.S. rail regulator about a potential merger between Canadian Pacific Railway and CSX Corp., and called on them both to fully review the […]

By Nick Carey

Shortlines shortchanged in Western Canada

Oct. 17, 2014 at 7:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Western Canada’s shortline railways are getting the short end of the stick as they struggle to meet their own commitments moving grain and other products along their tracks. A backlog of grain on the Prairies over the past winter, linked in part to poor rail movement, prompted […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin