Insights and Stories on Markets

BMO to cut Prairie farmers slack on loans

Mar. 6, 2014 at 6:21 pm CST

BMO Bank of Montreal plans to offer Prairie farmers a “relief program” including options for loan payment deferrals and other breaks in view of the ongoing grain handling backlog. “We want to provide immediate support to any grain producers and other related businesses that may be experiencing cash flow disruptions […]

U.S. grains: Corn at six-month high on strong exports

Mar. 6, 2014 at 5:34 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Corn falls as rally triggers farmer selling

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:36 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

CBOT soybean, corn futures looking ‘top-heavy’

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:27 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

ICE weekly outlook: Strong canola price to spark selling

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:20 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

Traders seen wary of new Ukraine grain deals

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:12 pm CST

Kiev | Reuters — Foreign trading houses have shunned new grain export contracts due to continued tensions between Ukraine and Russia, Ukraine’s agriculture minister Ihor Shvaika said on Wednesday. “They are still waiting and there are no new contracts,” Shvaika told Reuters. In the wider dispute Wednesday, Russia rebuffed Western […]

Peas seen as good cropping option for Canadian growers

Mar. 5, 2014 at 4:06 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Peas are starting to pencil out as a good cropping option for farmers in Western Canada to plant this spring. High fertilizer prices and low returns for some of the bigger crops are helping make peas a more attractive option, David Katerynych, grain broker with […]

By Terryn Shiells

Cuban sugar harvest falters; foreign investment sought

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:49 pm CST

Havana | Reuters — For the third consecutive year Cuba’s reorganized sugar industry is failing to perform up to expectations, increasing pressure on the government to open up the once-proud sector to foreign investment. Already one mill, the first since the industry was nationalized soon after the 1959 revolution, is […]

By Marc Frank

Australia says drought to cut 2014-15 ag output

Mar. 5, 2014 at 2:39 pm CST

Canberra | Reuters — Drought conditions across Australia’s east coast will cut production of key agricultural commodities such as wheat and beef next season and reduce exports, the government’s chief commodities forecaster said on Tuesday. The current season could see Australia, the world’s third-largest wheat exporter, produce a bumper wheat […]

By Colin Packham

U.S. grains: South American crop woes boost corn, soy futures

Mar. 4, 2014 at 6:24 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean and corn futures rose on Tuesday due to South American crop production woes that boosted prospects for U.S. supplies on the export market in the coming weeks, traders said. Corn received further support from the uncertainty over unrest in Ukraine, hitting its highest on […]

By Mark Weinraub