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Wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

Sep. 22, 2014 at 12:54 pm CDT

Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved down across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, as continued losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. The highest CWRS prices were still available in Manitoba, but average bids in the province declined by $8 from the previous […]

Klassen: Tight yearling supplies support feeder complex

Sep. 21, 2014 at 12:42 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Lentil prices rise with Prairie rains, Asian demand

Sep. 19, 2014 at 6:21 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

JBS delays food unit IPO amid market slide, sources say

Sep. 19, 2014 at 6:00 pm CDT

By Guillermo Parra-Bernal

U.S. grains: Wheat, soybeans, corn fall sharply as supplies build

Sep. 19, 2014 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures end mixed before USDA report

Sep. 19, 2014 at 4:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled mixed on Friday on positioning before the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly Cattle-On-Feed report. Analysts expect the data at 2 p.m. CT to show fewer cattle were placed in feedyards last month due to sufficient pastures that allowed ranchers […]

By Theopolis Waters

CP meeting federal grain shipment targets

Sep. 18, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

Reuters — Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) has met the minimum weekly grain volumes mandated by the federal government, the railway said Thursday, a day after Transport Canada said it would fine Canadian National Railway (CN) for falling short. CP spokeswoman Breanne Feigel said in an email that the railway had […]

U.S. livestock: Weak cash price outlook drops CME live cattle

Sep. 18, 2014 at 4:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle settled lower on Thursday in anticipation of packers spending less for market-ready, or cash, cattle this week, traders said. October live cattle futures finished 1.425 cents per pound lower at 155.6 cents, and December at 158.925 cents down 1.075 cents (all […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat fall to lowest since 2010

Sep. 18, 2014 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures fell 1.1 per cent to their lowest in more than four years on Thursday as farmers resumed harvesting in parts of the U.S. Midwest as fields began to dry out, traders said. Wheat and corn futures fell too, with wheat also hitting its […]

By Mark Weinraub

Incoming Alta. premier taps ex-MPs to push for market access

Sep. 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm CDT

Boosting market access for Alberta’s agricultural wares and other exports is expected to loom large on the new provincial premier’s radar. Jim Prentice, sworn in Monday as premier, kept Wetaskiwin-Camrose MLA Verlyn Olson as his minister of agriculture and rural development, and reappointed Jason Krips as deputy minister for the […]

By Staff