Insights and Stories on Markets

AAFC expects fewer wheat acres, more canola

Feb. 19, 2014 at 2:00 pm CST

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s farmers will likely plant less wheat and more canola this year, and harvests of both will fall short of last year’s record-smashing levels as yields return to normal, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said Tuesday. AAFC forecast plantings of 24.7 million acres of all-wheat in 2014/15, […]

Good demand for Canadian canola just across border

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:46 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Spot bids for Prairie wheat climb with U.S. futures

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:39 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. grains: Soybeans surge on firm soyoil, S. American weather

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:32 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Ben + Jerry’s to go full non-GMO by mid-year

Feb. 18, 2014 at 5:57 am CST

By Staff

Japan eyes trade pact concessions as talks with U.S. begin

Feb. 18, 2014 at 5:17 am CST

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan could make concessions on tariffs on some sensitive farm products, a key cabinet minister said Tuesday, as U.S. and Japanese officials began talks ahead of next week’s high-level multilateral negotiations on a U.S.-led free trade deal. A deal between the U.S. and Japan, the two […]

Klassen: Feeder market sets new records

Feb. 16, 2014 at 12:45 am CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices set new record highs at most auction barns last week. It appears that pen closeouts are profitable by approximately $200/head and feedlot operators are anxious to reload. Buying interest for grassers is also starting to step forward and backgrounding operators were actively buying lighter weight […]

By Jerry Klassen

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally on technical buying; corn firms

Feb. 14, 2014 at 3:41 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Friday, hitting their highest level in 5-1/2 weeks on technical buying after prices passed through key benchmarks, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat rose on four of the last five trading sessions and the front-month contract notched […]

By Mark Weinraub

Cuba to postpone foreign investment law, diplomats say

Feb. 13, 2014 at 6:59 pm CST

Havana | Reuters –– Cuba has postponed plans to adopt a new foreign investment law from March to at least April, a Cuban government official told visiting diplomats this week, as a final version is being fine tuned before adoption by the National Assembly. Cuban President Raul Castro announced in […]

By Marc Frank

ICE canola sets new daily volume record

Feb. 13, 2014 at 5:42 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform posted record daily trade volumes on Thursday, with large amounts of inter-month spreading behind much of the activity. There were 71,536 canola contracts traded on the Winnipeg-based electronic market on Thursday, according to preliminary trade data. That compares […]

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