Insights and Stories on Markets

Klassen: Feeder cattle market remains hot

May. 26, 2014 at 12:49 am CDT

Feedlot buying interest remained firm last week as feeder cattle supplies dwindle in line with the seasonal tendency. Small strings of feeders with mixed characteristics were well bid at the higher levels with no signal that this overall trend has come to an end. Once again, larger-frame Simmental-based feeders weighing […]

New Zimbabwe land invasions raise security concerns

May. 23, 2014 at 6:36 pm CDT

By MacDonald Dzirutwe

Don’t write off ICE Canada’s grain futures just yet

May. 23, 2014 at 3:37 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

USDA warns of sticker shock on beef as grilling season starts

May. 23, 2014 at 3:13 pm CDT

By Ros Krasny

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures sag with cash prices before holiday

May. 23, 2014 at 3:03 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Soybeans slide, corn firms in pre-holiday consolidation

May. 23, 2014 at 2:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures eased on Friday as investors unwound spreads and squared positions ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend but the market still registered its strongest weekly advance in five weeks on worries about tight U.S. supplies. Wheat fell for a fourth straight day to […]

By Karl Plume

Cattle market could be due for setback, analyst says

May. 22, 2014 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Record-high cattle prices, tight feeder supplies and tonnes of producer optimism are causing concern for one Alberta market analyst who believes the market may be due for a setback. Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary said market conditions are so heated right now, he’s hearing […]

By Dave Sims

Russia’s Uralkali plans potash output near maximum capacity

May. 22, 2014 at 6:45 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — The world’s biggest potash producer, Russia’s Uralkali, plans to produce close to its maximum capacity this year but does not rule out idling production to support the crop nutrient’s price, CEO Dmitry Osipov said Thursday. Uralkali is aiming to produce 12 million tonnes of its […]

By Rod Nickel

Deal sealed to save Ont. tomato processing plant

May. 22, 2014 at 6:10 pm CDT

Farmers around Leamington, southwestern Ontario’s tomato-growing capital, will continue to supply tomatoes to the local 105-year-old processing plant under new management. Michael Mullen, senior vice-president of corporate and government affairs for U.S. food processing giant H.J. Heinz, confirmed Tuesday the company has completed its deal to sell the Leamington plant […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Soybeans soar to contract highs on demand, tight supplies

May. 22, 2014 at 4:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rallied for a second straight session on Thursday, with old-crop futures hitting contract highs as relentless demand stoked worries about shrinking short-term supplies in the U.S. Corn edged higher after hitting an 11-week low in the previous session on spillover support from soybeans, but […]

By Karl Plume