Insights and Stories on Markets

Juice supply deal to rescue S. Ont. tomato operations

Feb. 27, 2014 at 5:58 pm CST

Growers in southern Ontario’s tomato capital may soon resume plans for a 2014 crop, as Heinz’s storied processing plant in the region switches from ketchup to juice under a proposal to save the plant from closure. H.J. Heinz Co. announced Thursday it’s signed a letter of intent to sell the […]

Grainworld: Canaryseed could be ‘overproduced’

Feb. 27, 2014 at 10:09 am CST

By Terryn Shiells

Grainworld: Room to produce large lentil, mustard crops

Feb. 27, 2014 at 10:01 am CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Wheat plunges most in month on export worries

Feb. 26, 2014 at 8:54 pm CST

By Michael Hirtzer

Rules now on books to enforce hog traceability for July 1

Feb. 26, 2014 at 6:02 pm CST

By Staff

ICE weekly outlook: Canola bears lacking fresh news

Feb. 26, 2014 at 4:37 pm CST

CNS Canada –– ICE Futures Canada canola contracts moved higher during the week ending Wednesday as the market continued to see a modest correction off of lows hit earlier in the month. “The longer-term trend still remains pointed lower, but we’ve had a correction,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of GAP […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grainworld: Barley prices to remain in downtrend for months

Feb. 26, 2014 at 4:32 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Barley prices in Western Canada have seen a bit of a rebound rally recently, but that trend is not expected to stick around. The recent price climb was sparked by a stop in farmer selling and by ideas that the market dropped too low, too […]

By Terryn Shiells

Grainworld: Durum export outlook positive for 2014-15

Feb. 26, 2014 at 4:20 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Because of the large durum crop grown in Canada in 2013-14, the country needs to gain a higher percentage of global durum trade to alleviate some of the pressures of having huge supplies, the Wild Oats Grainworld conference was told here Monday. “And I don’t […]

By Terryn Shiells

Grainworld: Oats market a ‘trainwreck’

Feb. 25, 2014 at 6:32 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — The oats market in North America is a “trainwreck”, and there’s not much positive in the six- to 12-month outlook, an analyst told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference here Tuesday. “We have got bottlenecks all over the place. We are within an eyelash of shutting […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans at five-month high on sale to ‘unknown’

Feb. 25, 2014 at 6:03 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures notched a new five-month high on Tuesday after a U.S. Agriculture Department announcement of a large sale to an unknown destination sparked a round of buying by investment funds, traders said. Soybeans trimmed losses early in the session to gain for the fourth […]

By Michael Hirtzer