Insights and Stories on Markets

EU toughens rules on imports in response to PEDv

May. 6, 2014 at 5:29 pm CDT

Brussels/Paris | Reuters — European Union officials on Tuesday agreed on new rules for the treatment of imported pigs’ blood for use in animal feed, but decided against changing the rules on importing live pigs even though a deadly virus has caused major losses to the U.S. pig industry. In […]

Mosaic to cut over 500 jobs as profit tumbles

May. 6, 2014 at 5:13 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle hit all-time high as calf prices firm

May. 6, 2014 at 4:52 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat advances as Plains sizzle; corn turns higher

May. 6, 2014 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feds’ grain freight legislation heads to Senate

May. 6, 2014 at 1:58 pm CDT

By Staff

Prairie CWRS wheat bids up sharply with U.S. futures

May. 5, 2014 at 6:19 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved sharply higher during the week ended Monday, following gains seen in U.S. wheat futures. Concerns about persisting drought conditions causing further damage to U.S. winter wheat crops were behind the sharp gains seen in U.S. wheat […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat rises as hot weather adds to crop woes

May. 5, 2014 at 5:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures jumped nearly two percent on Monday as scorching temperatures in the southern Plains deepened fears about weather damage to the U.S. hard red winter wheat crop. The gains in wheat helped lift corn after heavy losses last week, but soybeans fell on talk […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle sag on profit-taking

May. 5, 2014 at 4:21 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle finished lower on Monday, pressured by profit-taking that erased Friday’s gains pegged to steady-to-better market-ready or cash cattle prices, traders said. Monday was a day to evaluate this week’s cash cattle sales and subsequent wholesale beef prices, said Archer Financial Services […]

By Theopolis Waters

No surprise for canola in StatsCan stocks report

May. 5, 2014 at 11:14 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Statistics Canada on Monday released its report on Canadian field-crop stocks as of March 31, pegging Canola stocks at 9.018 million tonnes — no surprise to the trade, although significantly higher than the year-ago level of 4.529 million. Overall, stocks of all crops are quite a bit […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. wheat futures still rising, but ‘getting tired’

May. 5, 2014 at 6:06 am CDT

CNS Canada –– All three U.S. futures markets climbed higher over the past week, rising to some of their best levels of the year. There is some more room to the upside, but further gains may be short-lived, according to an analyst. “Wheat is getting tired,” said Randy Martinson of […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin