Insights and Stories on Markets

Apr. 16, 2012 at 9:23 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 per hundredweight lower last week. Alberta feedlots are backlogged with market-ready supplies and this has slowed purchases of replacement cattle. Carcass weights are 30 pounds heavier compared to April of 2011, and there appears to be a two-week back-up of packer […]

By Jerry Klassen

Apr. 14, 2012 at 8:00 pm CDT

The move to deregulate nearly the only user of the Hudson Bay port of Churchill, Man. will come with per-tonne incentives for shippers who continue to ship grain on that route. Speaking Friday in Tisdale, Sask. to the annual meeting of the Hudson Bay Route Association, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz […]

By Dave Bedard

Apr. 13, 2012 at 4:25 am CDT

While Canadian forage exports remain firm with solid U.S. demand and interest from China providing some underlying support, concerns remain that transportation issues and exports from the U.S. Midwest may limit further upside potential. Wayne Digby, executive director of the Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, said some of the underlying […]

By Adam Johnston

Apr. 11, 2012 at 7:39 pm CDT

Stockholders in Canada’s largest grain handler are booked to vote with their shares in Calgary next month on a takeover bid from Swiss commodity giant Glencore. Regina-based Viterra on Monday filed papers with federal securities regulators to announce a meeting of its security holders at an as-yet-unnamed venue in Calgary […]

Apr. 11, 2012 at 5:50 am CDT

Prairie wheat growers can expect to see some additional cash by early May from another increase in the CWB’s 2011-12 initial payments. The CWB on Tuesday announced adjustment payments will be direct-deposited in eligible farmers’ accounts on April 24, which those who receive such payments by mail can expect to […]