Insights and Stories on Markets

Canadian produce growers lose U.S. default protection

Oct. 4, 2014 at 2:26 pm CDT

Canadian fruit and vegetable growers shipping produce to the U.S. have just lost a key piece of insurance against U.S. buyers who skip out on their bills. The Fresh Produce Alliance (FPA), representing the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) and Fruit and Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation […]

Brazil soy exporters to police Monsanto seeds, for fee

Oct. 3, 2014 at 4:43 pm CDT

By Caroline Stauffer

U.S. grains: Soy falls on big yields, gains for week on harvest delays

Oct. 3, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: CME lean hogs slide as U.S. dollar surges

Oct. 3, 2014 at 3:49 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CME to shorten livestock futures electronic trading hours

Oct. 3, 2014 at 3:29 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

CWB plans Red River Valley grain elevator

Oct. 3, 2014 at 2:34 pm CDT

The grain firm formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board has laid out plans for a fourth Prairie elevator — this time much closer to home. Winnipeg-based CWB on Friday announced it has picked a site half a mile south of Glenlea, Man., or about 10 km south of Winnipeg […]

By Staff

Conservative StatsCan production estimates downplayed

Oct. 3, 2014 at 11:21 am CDT

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s updated production estimates came in Friday at the low end of pre-report trade expectations — but the timing of the survey had most industry watchers second-guessing the numbers as soon as they came out. StatsCan pegged 2014-15 canola production at 14.079 million tonnes, up slightly […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dow Agro to offer Nexera as ‘commodity’ canola

Oct. 2, 2014 at 7:15 pm CDT

Growers of Dow AgroSciences’ identity-preserved Nexera hybrid canola may be able to grow it off-contract next spring and drop it into the regular commodity market, through a new deal on offer from the seed and ag chem company. Dow on Thursday launched what it calls the Flexibility Agreement, which, unlike […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds from four-year low on exports

Oct. 2, 2014 at 4:39 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures set a two-week high on Thursday, rebounding from last week’s four-year lows on larger-than-expected weekly export sales data, traders said. Soybeans and corn firmed after setting multi-year lows this week. But gains were limited by the ongoing harvest of massive U.S. crops. At […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Mustard bids dropping due to lack of contracts

Oct. 2, 2014 at 4:14 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Bid levels for Canadian mustard are dropping, according to an industry expert who says many producers grew crops without a contract. “Half the acres in Saskatchewan would have been put into the ground without a contract,” said Walter Dyck of Olds Products at Lethbridge, Alta. Right now, […]

By Dave Sims