Insights and Stories on Markets

Japan, U.S. remain apart in trade talks, dealing blow for TPP

Sep. 25, 2014 at 3:26 am CDT

Washington | Reuters — Japan and the U.S. failed to make progress in bilateral talks, both sides said on Wednesday, dealing a blow for hopes of sealing an ambitious multilateral trade deal this year. “Japan made a flexible proposal, but we weren’t able to make further progress,” Trade Minister Akira […]

Fruit, veg exporters fear loss of U.S. payment default coverage

Sep. 24, 2014 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola due for corrective bounce

Sep. 24, 2014 at 4:05 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat bounce from four-year lows

Sep. 24, 2014 at 3:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Cash price uncertainty weakens CME hogs

Sep. 24, 2014 at 3:39 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Big crops keep pressure on CBOT soybeans, corn

Sep. 24, 2014 at 3:20 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell to fresh four-year lows during the week ended Wednesday, and there is still plenty of room to the downside as the harvest pressure builds over the next month. “It will be a long harvest,” said Scott […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canadian fertilizer firms brace for fall in U.S. crop prices

Sep. 24, 2014 at 2:27 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian fertilizer companies PotashCorp and Agrium are bracing for a pullback in demand from U.S. farmers due to sliding crop prices, but say any slump is unlikely to be severe. The prospect for a record-large U.S. corn crop has dragged Chicago nearby corn futures to a […]

By Rod Nickel

CME says no current plans to introduce VSR in corn futures

Sep. 24, 2014 at 2:02 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — CME Group, owner of the Chicago Board of Trade grain exchange, said on Wednesday it had no immediate plans to introduce its controversial variable storage rate (VSR) scheme in its CBOT corn futures, the world pricing benchmark for the biggest and most valuable feed grain. “We […]

By Christine Stebbins

Calculators needed to make sense of Prairie wheat bids

Sep. 23, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Consistent wheat pricing can still be a struggle to find across Western Canada, two years into the new open market. A lack of consistency can make it difficult to compare pricing from one delivery point to the next, leaving farmers uncertain just how much their wheat is […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Retired Thompsons Ltd. chief Wes Thompson, 87

Sep. 23, 2014 at 6:18 pm CDT

A small family service is to be held Friday for the second-generation head of storied Ontario commodity handler and ag retail firm Thompsons Ltd. Wes D. Thompson, son of company founder Wesley G. Thompson and president of the family business from 1950 to 1993, died Monday in hospital in Chatham, […]

By Staff