Insights and Stories on Markets

China to resume Canadian canola meal imports, first in a year

Mar. 21, 2014 at 1:47 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — China has agreed to resume imports of Canadian canola meal from Richardson International, the first from Canada in about a year, a Richardson official said Friday. The Chinese government agreed several weeks ago to resume imports of canola meal and canola meal pellets from privately-held Richardson, […]

CN conductors again reject tentative labour deal

Mar. 21, 2014 at 5:28 am CDT

By Staff

Eastern ice latest obstacle to clearing Prairie grain backlog

Mar. 20, 2014 at 7:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat hit by profit-taking, soybeans end higher

Mar. 20, 2014 at 4:08 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Fund selloff undercuts CME live cattle

Mar. 20, 2014 at 4:02 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Vancouver truckers to be ordered back to work

Mar. 19, 2014 at 8:14 pm CDT

The British Columbia government is set to legislate unionized container truckers serving Port Metro Vancouver back into the cab. The province said Wednesday it would introduce back-to-work legislation as early as Monday (March 24), with a 90-day cooling-off period, for 250 truckers represented by Unifor-Vancouver Container Truckers Association. The work […]

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: November canola could re-test $500

Mar. 19, 2014 at 5:28 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher for the seventh consecutive week during the week of March 12-19, following strength seen in the Chicago soybean market. Funds were also moving money into commodities, which helped to lift both soybeans and canola, according to Errol Anderson of ProMarket […]

By Terryn Shiells

CBOT soybeans nearing resistance

Mar. 19, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Chicago Board of Trade soybean contracts moved higher during the week ended Wednesday, but are running into upside resistance as a number of bearish factors overhang the market. “Over the short term (soybeans) will be very choppy, but over the medium and long-term I’m still bearish,” said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CN CEO sees grain backlog extending into 2015

Mar. 19, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

Toronto | Reuters — A record-shattering Canadian harvest, combined with one of the most frigid winters in decades, has created a grain-handling backlog that will not be cleared until next year, the head of Canadian National Railway (CN) said Wednesday. “It will take more than the summer, continue into fall, […]

By Solarina Ho

U.S. grains: Wheat soars to 10-month high on crop worries

Mar. 19, 2014 at 3:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures climbed to a 10-month high on Wednesday on concerns dust storms and dry conditions will hurt harvests in the southern Plains states. Soybean futures hit an eight-session high on projections that strong domestic and export demand could prevent inventories from recovering from last […]

By Tom Polansek