Insights and Stories on Markets

Mexican restrictions keep canaryseed prices stagnant

Feb. 15, 2012 at 11:59 pm CST

Western Canadian canaryseed cash bids continue to be stagnant, as efforts to remove the restrictions placed by Mexico on those shipments continue coming up short, an industry participant said. "I think people have lost track whether canaryseed has an upside or downside potential," said Kevin Hursh, executive director of the […]

Viterra goes off livestock feed

Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:39 pm CST

Klassen: Mixed tone for feeder cattle

Feb. 14, 2012 at 12:01 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Lower ocean freight costs support grain exports

Feb. 13, 2012 at 7:27 pm CST

By Adam Johnston

New opportunities likely for low-grade malt barley

Feb. 11, 2012 at 12:01 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CWB aims to expand sales to China

Feb. 10, 2012 at 6:38 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board is aiming to expand the types of crops it sells to Chinese buyers, as Ottawa opens Western Canada’s grain market later this year, the board’s chief executive said Friday. In August, the CWB is set to lose its monopoly to buy and sell Western Canada’s wheat […]

By Rod Nickel

More money for ag research, Gates urges

Feb. 10, 2012 at 6:22 pm CST

When it comes to solving the challenges of developing countries, Bill Gates believes agriculture has a vital role to play. In his annual letter for 2012, Gates, the founder of Microsoft and now a leading philanthropist through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, called for an increase in research for […]

By Ralph Pearce

Record wheat stocks offset South American drought

Feb. 9, 2012 at 5:18 pm CST

World wheat stocks will swell to record size this year and corn stocks will be larger than expected despite severe drought in South America, the U.S. government forecast on Thursday. India will post a record rice crop due to a strong monsoon this year as the global grain outlook improves […]

CWB not commenting on talk of sales to Iran

Feb. 9, 2012 at 5:00 pm CST

The head of the Canadian Wheat Board on Thursday declined to comment on whether the board might be planning to sell wheat or barley to Iran, but added that “we sell wheat to Iran when they need it.” CWB CEO Ian White told Reuters, “We’ve often sold wheat to Iran […]

By David Ljunggren

Chinese mission yields new canola meal, beef tallow exports

Feb. 8, 2012 at 3:58 pm CST

Canada’s latest trade mission to China has yielded plans for a major increase in Canadian canola meal purchases — and fulfillment of a pledge for restored market access for beef tallow. In a release Tuesday from China, federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced that Tongwei Co., a feed manufacturer in […]

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