Insights and Stories on Markets

CBOT oats run limit-up, hit record high on Prairie rail woes

Feb. 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The daily trading limit for Chicago Board of Trade oat futures and options will increase to 30 cents a bushel when the markets reopen, after the front-month contract rallied the 20-cent limit to an all-time high of US$5.03 on Tuesday. This is the second time in […]

Japan, U.S. fail to make headway in Pacific trade pact talks

Feb. 25, 2014 at 3:21 am CST

CN, CP would accept ‘reciprocal penalties’ in service agreements: Sask.

Feb. 25, 2014 at 2:59 am CST

By Staff

Railways step up service as Ottawa eyes tackling grain backlog

Feb. 25, 2014 at 1:43 am CST

By Rod Nickel

Grainworld: Pulse and special crop area to increase

Feb. 25, 2014 at 1:30 am CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend run on S. America worries

Feb. 24, 2014 at 6:00 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybeans rose for the third consecutive session on Monday to hit a five-month high as rains stalled the harvest in South America and data from Washington confirmed robust shipments of the oilseed out of the U.S. Corn futures declined the second session in a row […]

By Michael Hirtzer

Klassen: Strong demand supports feeder market

Feb. 24, 2014 at 8:25 am CST

Compared to last week, western Canadian feeder cattle prices traded $3-$8 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average, depending on the region, with stronger buying interest noted in the lighter weight categories. Pen closeouts have been near record highs for almost a month and the longer this trend continues, the more […]

By Jerry Klassen

‘Immediate’ penalties urged for railways on grain delays

Feb. 21, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

The Alberta government is calling on federal lawmakers to impose a system of “immediate” cash penalties against railways that don’t meet obligations on grain delivery. The province’s agriculture minister Verlyn Olson is booked to meet Monday in Winnipeg with his federal counterpart, Gerry Ritz, plus representatives from the grain industry […]

By Staff

U.S. January cattle placements rise more than expected

Feb. 21, 2014 at 3:31 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots in January increased nine per cent from a year earlier as record-high prices for cattle encouraged feedlots to bring in young calves for fattening, a government report showed on Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture report showed January […]

U.S. grains: Soybeans hit five-month high on oilseed supply worries

Feb. 21, 2014 at 3:27 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rallied nearly one per cent to a five-month peak on Friday on concern about yield-cutting weather in South America and firm global oilseed markets. Corn futures fell for the first time in six sessions in a profit-taking setback ahead of the weekend and […]

By Karl Plume