Insights and Stories on Markets

Mar. 1, 2012 at 8:00 pm CST

The Canadian arm of U.S. agrifood firm Cargill has become the first Prairie grain handler to commit elevator and port terminal space to an overhauled CWB. The deal, announced Thursday, marks CWB’s first for grain handling services since the federal government moved to wind down the former Canadian Wheat Board’s […]

Mar. 1, 2012 at 2:37 pm CST

Chinese quarantine authorities will allow imports of Canadian canola by some selected crushers located in major growing areas, previously banned because of crop disease concerns, traders said Thursday. The import relaxation, likely to be cleared in the second half of the year, would further boost canola imports from the world’s […]

By Ken Wills, Niu Shuping

Mar. 1, 2012 at 5:40 am CST

Canada’s iconic lunch meat maker Maple Leaf Foods has booked a tough fourth fiscal quarter due to "unseasonably strong raw material costs" in its prepared meats business. Those costs, combined with "short-term" higher operating costs in the company’s bakery business and lower pork and poultry processing margins compared to year-ago […]

Mar. 1, 2012 at 12:01 am CST

On Dec. 19, 2011, a breakaway gap materialized, alerting soybean producers and traders alike to a sudden change in the price direction of the soybean market. In fact, this gap not only confirmed an end to the downward price spiral, but it marked the beginning of a counter-seasonal rally, with […]

By David Drozd

Feb. 29, 2012 at 6:19 pm CST

Increased interest from Azeri cattle breeders in Canadian genetics has led Azerbaijan to open its ports to live Canadian cattle, the federal government reports. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and International Trade Minister Ed Fast on Wednesday announced that the eastern European country — which has never allowed market access for […]