Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Corn tumbles on USDA forecast for rising global supplies

May. 9, 2014 at 5:06 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell 1.7 per cent on Friday, retreating from a one-month high after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its forecasts of global inventories above trade expectations, traders said. Wheat also fell, but nearby soybean futures surged after the USDA in a monthly supply/demand […]

Oats still struggling to move south

May. 9, 2014 at 3:53 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Prairie farmland rentals seen holding steady, for now

May. 9, 2014 at 3:33 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S., world soybean supplies on the rise, USDA reports

May. 9, 2014 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Ros Krasny

CNH Industrial sees profit rising to $3.4B in 2018

May. 9, 2014 at 8:18 am CDT

World food prices drop in April due to falling dairy

May. 9, 2014 at 8:13 am CDT

Rome | Reuters — Global food prices fell in April, led by a sharp drop in dairy prices due to reduced buying by China and Russia and an extended season in New Zealand that boosted stocks, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) […]

Vermont becomes first U.S. state to mandate GMO labeling

May. 9, 2014 at 8:10 am CDT

Reuters — Vermont on Thursday became the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms as Governor Peter Shumlin signed a law that is widely expected to be challenged in court by some food and agriculture companies. The law, set to take effect July 1, […]

By Carey Gillam

Higher bacon prices still to come, analyst says

May. 8, 2014 at 7:03 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Rising pork prices and shrinking bacon packages have made headlines across Canada recently — but consumers should prepare to spend even more for bacon over the next few months, as processors between the farmer and the grocery store are still seen to be losing money. Western Canadian […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feds won’t back national pullet marketing agency

May. 8, 2014 at 6:35 pm CDT

The federal government has found the case for a national pullet marketing agency “not compelling” enough to grant the wish of a nationwide pullet producers’ group. A spokesperson for federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz confirmed Wednesday that Ritz had reviewed the report and recommendations of the Farm Products Council of […]

By Staff

Guenther: Trade’s eyes on U.S. winter wheat in crop report

May. 8, 2014 at 5:07 pm CDT

Drought in the southwestern U.S. Plains is expected to focus traders on hard red winter wheat numbers in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s next crop production report due out Friday. “The trade currently looks for about 780 million bushels, which is above the 2013 level but well below a 10-year average […]

By Lisa Guenther