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U.S. becomes world’s biggest wine market as French drinkers cut down

May. 13, 2014 at 3:39 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The United States became the world’s biggest market for wine last year, beating France into second place for the first time as consumption slides in the country long seen as its natural home and Americans develop a greater taste for it. U.S. consumers bought 29.1 million […]

CP, grain handlers plan for face time

May. 13, 2014 at 3:15 pm CDT

By Lisa Guenther

U.S. grains: Soybeans and corn firm, but wheat weak

May. 13, 2014 at 2:46 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Prairie CWRS prices down slightly, CPSR spot bids return

May. 12, 2014 at 6:32 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Canola crush margins easing

May. 12, 2014 at 6:14 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME hog futures end mixed as cash prices move lower

May. 12, 2014 at 5:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures closed mixed on Monday after market-ready or cash hog prices pressured nearby contracts, but the “roll” by funds supported back months, traders said. Monday afternoon’s hog price in the Iowa/Minnesota market dropped $2.42 per hundredweight (cwt) from Friday to $108.35, the […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on supply outlook

May. 12, 2014 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat futures fell one per cent on Monday, their fourth straight day of declines, due to a U.S. government forecast for ample global supplies and crop-boosting rains in the key production areas, traders said. Corn and soybeans also eased, with corn hitting a one-week low, […]

By Mark Weinraub

Klassen: Fresh historical highs sum up feeder market

May. 11, 2014 at 8:51 am CDT

All weight categories posted higher prices this last week in Western Canada. In central Alberta, quality Charolais-based stockers weighing 535 pounds touched the magical $250 per hundredweight (cwt) level; shorter-keep, medium-flesh exotics weighing just over 800 lbs. traded at $196/cwt at the same sale. Scarcity was the main concern amongst […]

By Jerry Klassen

Payment problems reported disrupting Iran food deals

May. 11, 2014 at 3:15 am CDT

London/Ankara | Reuters — Payment problems are disrupting commercial food cargoes to Iran, with hundreds of thousands of tonnes of grain and sugar stuck in transit, as Western banking sanctions complicate deals and trade financiers scale back exposure. Iran is not barred from buying food or other “humanitarian” goods under […]

By Jonathan Saul Parisa Hafezi

U.S. livestock: Cheaper corn pushes CME feeder cattle to record high

May. 9, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Friday hit a record high, boosted as corn prices fell after the government’s bearish crop report, traders said. U.S. corn futures fell more than one per cent after the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s forecast for rising global supplies. Cheaper […]

By Theopolis Waters