Insights and Stories on Markets

Conference explores life after the CWB monopoly

Dec. 29, 2011 at 1:41 pm CST

In a post-monopoly world, the Canadian Wheat Board will disappear altogether, or it will become the "eBay" for grain exports by bypassing the grain-handling system with container shipments. Or it will become something in between. It all depends on who was talking at the recent two-day conference here organized by […]

Frozen wheat lawsuit goes against CWB

Dec. 27, 2011 at 5:17 am CST

By Allan Dawson

Klassen: Feeder prices finish year on solid demand

Dec. 27, 2011 at 5:06 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Lentil market to trend down in 2012

Dec. 23, 2011 at 6:11 pm CST

By Adam Johnston

Ruling doesn’t end N.B. supply management problem: Nadeau

Dec. 23, 2011 at 6:04 pm CST

Supreme Court dismissal halts N.B. chicken dispute

Dec. 22, 2011 at 8:32 pm CST

Canada’s top court has shut the door on New Brunswick chicken processor Nadeau Poultry’s efforts to lock in a supply of birds it says are being siphoned off by a rival plant under construction. The Supreme Court of Canada announced Thursday it has dismissed, with costs, Nadeau’s application for leave […]

Burned this year, funds wary of commodities in 2012

Dec. 21, 2011 at 11:57 pm CST

New Year rallies have become so commonplace for commodities that fund managers have almost come to expect them. Not this year. Commodities indexes, metals and many other raw materials have seen big losses in 2011 and many investors say the prospect of another year of slack global growth is likely […]

By claire Milhench

CWB’s 2010-11 final payments set

Dec. 21, 2011 at 10:42 pm CST

Prairie wheat growers can expect final payments as early as Thursday, as low as $11.12 and as high as $23.47 per tonne on their 2010-11 deliveries to the Canadian Wheat Board. Feed barley growers in 2010-11’s Pool B will see $23.72 per tonne, while malting barleys will fetch $34.24 or […]

CWB fusarium programs to disappear

Dec. 21, 2011 at 3:02 am CST

Farmers plagued with fusarium head blight are likely to see deeper discounts in the wake of the Canadian Wheat Board’s monopoly, the board’s agronomist Mike Grenier says. “I think you’ll see deep discounts pretty quickly on an individual year,” Grenier said during the recent 7th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head […]

By Allan Dawson

Cattle placement in U.S. feedlots takes surprise jump

Dec. 19, 2011 at 3:20 pm CST

The number of cattle placed in U.S. feedlots rose in November, according to the U.S. Agriculture Department, surprising analysts, who attributed the increase to record-high cattle prices and a seven per cent pull back in corn prices last month. USDA’s monthly cattle on feed report on Friday showed placements up […]

By Theopolis Waters