Insights and Stories on Markets

Mar. 6, 2012 at 6:30 pm CST

Prairie feed wheat cash bids have advanced in the past month. Firm demand, along with tightness in the cash market has amplified the upward price trend, said an industry participant. "There is been more feed wheat bids than offers," said Jim Beusekom, an analyst with Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge, […]

By Adam Johnston

Mar. 6, 2012 at 6:19 pm CST

Canadian beef producers and retailers could add value to their product by moving to a "more consistent" beef grading system, a University of Alberta economist suggests. Canada’s current beef grading system, in which carcasses are visually inspected and meat labelled accordingly, "cannot provide the same quality assurance as the more […]

Mar. 6, 2012 at 5:35 pm CST

Prairie grain firm Parrish and Heimbecker plans to expand its presence in southern Ontario through a full takeover of a grain handler and mustard miller. The Winnipeg company on Tuesday said it has mounted an all-cash $115-per-share bid for the 72 per cent of Goderich, Ont.-based Thirdcoast Ltd. it doesn’t […]

Mar. 5, 2012 at 7:29 pm CST

New-crop lentil bids in Western Canada remain sluggish, with ample supply and the lack of interest in forward pricing weighing on prices, said an analyst. "Lentils are a dead market for the foreseeable future," said Mike Jubinville, an analyst with ProFarmer Canada in Winnipeg. Some of the weakness in new-crop […]

By Adam Johnston

Mar. 5, 2012 at 7:10 pm CST

Members of a new producers’ network in Quebec will get La Coop Federee’s first-ever patronage dividend to be paid directly to hog farmers. Coop Federee, the province’s largest agrifood company and the owner of meat packer Olymel, on Monday announced it would pay out special dividends directly to members of […]