Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Corn jumps to three-week high on big export sales

Mar. 27, 2014 at 4:10 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn climbed 1.6 per cent to its highest in nearly three weeks on Thursday, lifted by large export sales, while wheat futures also rose as grain prices rebounded after two sessions of declines. Soybean futures edged lower at the Chicago Board of Trade, pressured by […]

U.S. livestock: CME hogs limit-up on record-high cash prices

Mar. 27, 2014 at 3:21 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Vancouver truckers reach agreement, return to work

Mar. 27, 2014 at 8:17 am CDT

By Staff

CN rips feds’ planned rail interswitching expansion

Mar. 26, 2014 at 7:40 pm CDT

By Staff

Saputo to shut two Alta. powdered milk plants

Mar. 26, 2014 at 7:10 pm CDT

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat falls one per cent on forecast for U.S. Plains

Mar. 26, 2014 at 5:19 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell more than one per cent for their second straight session of declines on Wednesday in a selloff sparked by forecasts for rain in parched growing regions in the southern U.S. Plains. Corn futures edged narrowly lower on pressure from the steep downturn […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. livestock: Bargain hunters help CME hogs pare losses

Mar. 26, 2014 at 5:13 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures turned higher on Wednesday, supported by bargain hunting and short covering after 2-1/2 days of losses, traders and analysts said. Investors cited futures’ discount to CME’s hog index that touched a record high at 125.04 cents, surpassing the March 21 record […]

By Theopolis Waters

Ottawa tightens rail service agreements, boosts rail switching range

Mar. 26, 2014 at 4:47 pm CDT

Federal legislation tightening the terms of grain freight service agreements between shippers and railways — and allowing some captive shippers a wider radius in which to shift cars to another railway — is now on the table. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt introduced what’s dubbed the […]

By Staff

U.S. grains: Corn, wheat edge lower in consolidation ahead of report

Mar. 25, 2014 at 5:25 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn futures eased for the first time in three sessions on Tuesday while wheat prices also lost ground as investors took profits ahead of a major government crop report due next week. Forecasts for more favourable weather in the U.S. also weighed on grain prices […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Grain firms warn railways swamping ports with grain

Mar. 25, 2014 at 4:50 pm CDT

Canada’s big two railways, under mandatory federal performance targets for grain freight, are now flooding the West Coast and Thunder Bay with grain, the Western Grain Elevator Association warns. Prairie grain elevator companies can handle the 11,000 cars a week the federal government has ordered the railways to move — […]

By Staff