Insights and Stories on Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat drops as concerns ease about Ukraine crisis

Mar. 17, 2014 at 5:11 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain futures dropped on Monday in profit-taking after concerns eased about political upheaval in Ukraine affecting grain shipments. Wheat pulled back after the May contract on Friday rose two per cent over Ukraine, the world’s third largest corn exporter and a major wheat exporter. Crimeans […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle upward trend continues

Mar. 17, 2014 at 5:02 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. livestock: Cash prices again spike CME hogs to new high

Mar. 17, 2014 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Grain backlog results in record cash advances for farmers

Mar. 14, 2014 at 4:48 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle futures rise with cash prices

Mar. 14, 2014 at 4:37 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat up two per cent on weather, Ukraine concerns

Mar. 14, 2014 at 4:33 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose two per cent on Friday, extending a rally on worries about dry weather limiting crop production in the U.S. Plains and ongoing fears that supplies from Ukraine will be disrupted due to political turmoil, traders said. The strength in wheat lent support […]

By Mark Weinraub

Governments, Vancouver port propose measures to restart trucking

Mar. 14, 2014 at 1:13 pm CDT

A package of measures drafted late Thursday by federal, provincial and port officials to end the trucking dispute at Port Metro Vancouver awaits a response from container truckers who’ve been off the job for up to two weeks. A 14-point “action plan” has been collectively agreed upon to restart “normal” […]

By Staff

U.S. livestock: CME hogs hit new high on supply fears, PEDv

Mar. 13, 2014 at 3:04 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Thursday hit a new high, with April closing up the three-cent limit, as prices for slaughter-ready hogs climbed fueled by tight supplies in part pegged to a deadly pig virus, traders said. The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv), which is […]

By Theopolis Waters

U.S. grains: Wheat sags after hitting $7, pulls corn down

Mar. 13, 2014 at 3:00 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 1.5 per cent on Thursday, their biggest decline in two weeks, on a profit-taking setback following a rally to their highest level since late October, traders said. Corn futures also sagged, with weakness in wheat prices weighing, but soybeans edged higher due […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canadian lamb co-operative near launch

Mar. 13, 2014 at 2:05 pm CDT

The Canadian Lamb Producers Co-operative (CLPC) is set to start buying finished lambs this spring and launch a new marketing arm, dubbed the Canadian Lamb Company, this month. The co-operative, the first-ever federally incorporated national co-op, will own and oversee the Canadian Lamb Co. as its corporate marketing subsidiary. Four […]

By Staff