Insights and Stories on Markets

Gavilon considers sale to fund expansion: reports

Jan. 20, 2012 at 10:41 pm CST

U.S. grain company Gavilon is considering options for expansion, including a sale of the company that was formerly a part of ConAgra Foods, company sources said Friday. The Omaha-based company, which controls the third-largest U.S grain storage network, told employees about its plans during a conference call, the sources said. […]

South Korea allowing Canadian beef ‘immediately’

Jan. 20, 2012 at 6:06 pm CST

Viterra posts record 2011 but Q4 profit skids

Jan. 19, 2012 at 10:14 pm CST

Chickpeas pencil out great, but acres a question

Jan. 19, 2012 at 7:15 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Judge reserves decision on CWB directors’ request

Jan. 19, 2012 at 6:46 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

AAFC boosts 2012 canola, barley acreage ideas

Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:14 pm CST

Revised, Jan. 18 — Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada expects farmers in Canada to increase the area seeded to canola this spring to an all-time record high, while also raising the amount of ground to be seeded to barley, according to its latest 2012-13 acreage projection outlook. The federal ag department’s […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Sask. canola growers, canola commission merge

Jan. 18, 2012 at 8:31 pm CST

Saskatchewan’s canola growers’ group and its industry development group have taken SaskCanola as their married name. The Saskatchewan Canola Development Commission (SaskCanola) and the Saskatchewan Canola Growers Association (SCGA) announced last week they’ve merged into one organization managing all grower resources and representation. During 2010-11, the boards of both groups […]

CWB drops new-pool pricing program

Jan. 18, 2012 at 7:50 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board won’t offer a new-pool pricing option for wheat and durum for 2012-13. The new-pool program had allowed farmers and other interested sellers, for a fee, the option to deliver wheat and durum in the current crop year, but receive the following year’s pool return. The most […]

Case underway: Farmers ask judge to suspend CWB law

Jan. 17, 2012 at 9:52 pm CST

A Manitoba judge questioned on Tuesday whether he, and not another court, should rule on whether to suspend a law that will end the Canadian Wheat Board’s grain monopoly. The case, brought by eight farmers who were directors of the board until Ottawa took control last month, is one of […]

By Rod Nickel

Klassen: Weaker feedgrains support feeder cattle

Jan. 16, 2012 at 10:14 am CST

Feeder cattle prices in Western Canada were $2 lower to $3 higher per hundredweight (cwt) last week, with many factors influencing the market. In central Alberta, Simmental steers weighing 429 pounds sold for $191/cwt; Charolais-cross steers averaging 684 pounds sold for $151/cwt in the same region. Mixed exotic cross steers […]

By Jerry Klassen