Insights and Stories on Markets

Crop Week: Domestic pulse processing touted

Jan. 11, 2012 at 11:27 am CST

Increased domestic processing capacity will help improve the long-term success of the pulse sector in Western Canada, said Murad Al-Katib, CEO of SaskCan Pulse/Alliance Grain Traders, which plans to build a processing plant in Saskatchewan. Speaking here Tuesday to the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers during Crop Week, Al-Katib stressed that the […]

Crop Week: Peas tight, but macro issues weigh

Jan. 11, 2012 at 11:19 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Crop Week: Oats looking weak, but farmers still in control

Jan. 11, 2012 at 11:12 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

PotashCorp adds Allan mine to shutdown schedule

Jan. 10, 2012 at 9:17 pm CST

Ont. goat producers seek marketing board status

Jan. 10, 2012 at 10:00 am CST

Klassen: Feeder cattle edge higher

Jan. 10, 2012 at 5:01 am CST

Feeder cattle prices in Western Canada were steady to $2-$3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher during the first week of 2012. There is a market tendency for feeder prices to jump after the holiday season and this year was no exception. Small, non-feature groups of feeder cattle were noted at most […]

By Jerry Klassen

Crop Week: Canaryseed sluggish, but supplies tight

Jan. 10, 2012 at 4:59 am CST

The sluggish western Canadian canaryseed market is facing more problems than the current trade dispute with Mexico, but the longer-term outlook could still be pointed higher given the tightening supply situation, said market analyst Mike Jubinville. Jubinville, an analyst in Winnipeg with ProFarmer Canada, made a market outlook presentation Monday […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Proposed farmers’ suit seeks claim on CWB’s assets

Jan. 10, 2012 at 12:10 am CST

One of Canada’s most prolific class-action lawyers says he plans to seek an 11-figure piece of the Canadian Wheat Board’s assets for Prairie farmers. Filing a statement of claim Monday in Saskatoon on behalf of representative plaintiff Duane Filson, Regina lawyer Tony Merchant said in a release that those assets, […]

Farmland boom alters 40-year Iowa corn yield model

Jan. 9, 2012 at 11:30 pm CST

In response to surging Midwest farmland prices, researchers in Iowa are overhauling a decades-old formula used to predict corn yields, which will allow farmers and tax officials to more accurately value property. The corn suitability rating (CSR) has long been a Midwestern benchmark to forecast how productive an Iowa farm […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Crop Week: Flax acres likely to fall again in 2012

Jan. 9, 2012 at 9:05 pm CST

Flaxseed acres in Western Canada will see a further drop from the already record-low levels seeded in 2011 if new-crop prices don’t see considerable improvement by spring seeding time, according to market analyst Larry Weber. Weber, of Weber Commodities in Saskatoon, made his statement in a presentation Monday to SaskFlax […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin