Insights and Stories on Markets

Morocco’s drought to support Prairie durum prospects

Apr. 11, 2012 at 4:30 am CDT

Drought concerns in Spain and Morocco could bode well for Canadian durum exports, as the two Mediterranean countries are both major producers of the crop. "The dryness in Morocco has been building since December, and we’ve seen it continue to build," said Stuart McMillan, a weather and crop analyst with […]

Corn ethanol production seen hitting plateau

Apr. 10, 2012 at 11:01 pm CDT

By Tom Button

U.S. seen keeping crop price supports in 2013

Apr. 10, 2012 at 4:45 am CDT

By Tom Button

New-crop canola cash values advance

Apr. 9, 2012 at 11:15 pm CDT

By Adam Johnston

Klassen: Lower seasonal trend continues in feeder cattle

Apr. 9, 2012 at 3:20 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Canada to counter-appeal WTO ruling on U.S. COOL

Apr. 9, 2012 at 1:41 pm CDT

A World Trade Organization panel’s ruling criticizing the U.S. government’s country-of-origin labelling (COOL) law is now under appeal from both sides of the table. The WTO last week reported receiving formal notice that Canada, like the U.S., plans to appeal parts of last November’s ruling from the WTO Dispute Settlement […]

ICE daily canola open interest nears record levels

Apr. 6, 2012 at 9:02 am CDT

Canola open interest on the ICE Futures Canada trading platform is within striking distance of establishing an all-time new record high, based on data from the exchange. Daily open interest in all canola futures months totalled 211,501 contracts on Wednesday. While that was down from the April 2 level of […]

By Dwayne Klassen

USDA plans no new changes for COOL

Apr. 5, 2012 at 6:52 pm CDT

While the U.S. government’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling law faces opposition from Canada and Mexico and a new round of scrutiny from global trade watchdogs, Washington has no plans to further toughen the law in the meantime. Compliance with Washington’s mandatory country-of-origin labelling (COOL) laws among U.S. meat packers and food […]

E-application system for crop cash advances goes offline

Apr. 4, 2012 at 11:30 pm CDT

The new administrator for federal cash advances on Prairie wheat, durum and barley has asked growers to phone in their applications as its website is in mid-overhaul. The Canadian Canola Growers Association — which already handled administration for the federal agriculture department’s Advance Payments Program (APP) on canola and 16 […]

Jury still out on CWB’s new wheat contracts

Apr. 4, 2012 at 6:25 pm CDT

The jury remains out on the CWB’s recently-introduced pricing options for marketing Prairie wheat, according to industry analysts who say they see too many unknowns with the contracts to recommend them to farmers. A federal government bill passed in December 2011 will see the CWB lose its long-standing single-desk marketing […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin