Insights and Stories on Markets

Flax industry nearing pre-Triffid state

May. 1, 2014 at 6:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Canadian flax industry is heading back to the same state seen before Europe banned Canadian flax imports after finding unapproved genetically-modified varieties in some shipments in 2009. “We’re putting the Triffid event behind us, and I think growers have responded appropriately,” said William Hill, president of […]

U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on fund liquidation, better U.S. weather

May. 1, 2014 at 5:55 pm CDT

By Michael Hirtzer

Large grain, oilseed stocks expected in StatsCan report

May. 1, 2014 at 4:42 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

Commons’ speaker rejects grain bill amendment on railway payment

May. 1, 2014 at 4:19 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle at record high on strong calf prices

May. 1, 2014 at 3:47 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. regulator set to approve Dow’s Enlist herbicide

May. 1, 2014 at 3:12 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it plans to grant approval to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that is designed to be used with new genetically-engineered corn and soybeans and combat weed resistance. The U.S. approvals for Enlist Duo herbicide — and for Enlist corn […]

By Carey Gillam

U.S. grains: Corn dips from three-week high as soybeans fall, wheat rises

Apr. 30, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn fell on Wednesday, snapping four sessions of gains, as the stockpile of grain-based ethanol hit a nine-month high and meteorologists forecast more favourable conditions for U.S. plantings. Soybean futures also eased, while wheat reversed earlier declines to notch the seventh straight session without a […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Internal trade panel rips Que. limits on edible oil products

Apr. 30, 2014 at 5:29 pm CDT

Quebec has been given until the end of the year to repeal provincial laws that have effectively banned sales in that province of edible oil dairy substitutes, such as some margarines and non-dairy creamers. The sections of Quebec’s Food Products Act and related regulations in question were shot down in […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: Cash price woes drop CME hogs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:45 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down more than two per cent, pressured by the recent decline in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders said. Although the morning’s wholesale pork prices inched upward, mixed cash hog returns left traders uneasy about those prices in […]

By Theopolis Waters

Prairie feed barley prices nearing 2014 highs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:07 am CDT

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed grain markets are trading at highs for the 2014 calendar year, and even starting to approach September prices, according to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities. “We’re at $190 to $195 per tonne for feed barley and feed wheat.” Road bans, the start of […]

By Dave Sims