Insights and Stories on Markets

StatsCan shows shockingly large crops all around

Dec. 4, 2013 at 12:34 pm CST

Statistics Canada pegged surprisingly large 2013-14 production figures for many of the crops grown in the country in its final crop report of 2013, released Wednesday. “There’s just no getting around it, this is the biggest crop of Canadian history and it’s basically a shocker all around,” said Mike Jubinville […]

Morriss: Cell companies bad, railways good?

Dec. 4, 2013 at 6:34 am CST

By John Morriss

Rejections expected: China finds more unapproved GM corn from U.S.

Dec. 3, 2013 at 5:36 pm CST

By david-stanway Niu Shuping

U.S. livestock: Hogs end lower on technical selling, weak cash

Dec. 3, 2013 at 4:20 pm CST

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Wheat up on export demand, weather worries

Dec. 3, 2013 at 3:57 pm CST

By Sam Nelson

PotashCorp to cut production, shut plants, lay off over 1,000

Dec. 3, 2013 at 3:14 pm CST

Facing demand growth “less robust than expected” in developing markets, fertilizer giant PotashCorp plans to dial down or shut plants and lay off staff across its crop nutrient businesses. The bulk of the layoffs will be in the Saskatoon company’s potash mining and processing business in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick, […]

Canada/Korea trade talks back on track: CCA

Dec. 3, 2013 at 5:13 am CST

Free trade talks between Canada and South Korea, stuck on the back burner for months, have resumed with what appears to be renewed interest in a deal, the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association reports. The CCA and Canadian Pork Council in particular have pressed Canadian officials since January to get trade talks […]

Prairie wheat bids mixed with U.S. futures

Dec. 2, 2013 at 6:16 pm CST

Cash bids for western Canadian spring wheat were mixed, following U.S. futures during the week ending Monday (Dec. 2). Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat bids were weaker, while Canada Prairie spring red (CPSR) bids were firmer. On Dec. 2, average spot bids for 13.5 per cent CWRS across Manitoba, […]

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. livestock: Live cattle futures, hogs end mixed

Dec. 2, 2013 at 5:28 pm CST

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures settled narrowly mixed on Monday pressured by profit-taking and fund long liquidation, while expectations of steady cash trade lent support, traders said. Funds adjusted positions to exit long positions ahead of first notice day on Dec. 9., traders said. Some investors sold the December […]

By Meredith Davis

U.S. grains: Soy drops on profit-taking, corn up on bargain buying

Dec. 2, 2013 at 3:44 pm CST

U.S. soybean futures dropped 1.1 per cent on Monday, their biggest decline in more than two weeks, weighed down by profit-taking and weakness in the soymeal market. Wheat also fell on a setback from recent highs but corn edged higher, with bargain buyers stepping in to lend support after prices […]

By Mark Weinraub