Insights and Stories on Markets

Dec. 2, 2011 at 3:52 pm CST

Dairy farmers can expect roughly a 1.5 per cent uptick in per-hectolitre revenue for industrial milk starting in February, from a raise in the support prices used to pencil out that revenue. The Canadian Dairy Commission on Friday announced increases in the support prices for butter and skim milk powder […]

Dec. 1, 2011 at 4:27 pm CST

Wheat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) have dropped more than $3 per bushel since peaking in February 2011. A two-week reversal signaled a change in trend on Feb. 18. Chart analysis is not only useful for determining the market’s turns, but it can also be used to […]

By David Drozd

Nov. 30, 2011 at 5:29 pm CST

The steady rise in crush capacity in Canada will result in a record amount of canola being processed during the 2011-12 crop year, but exports of canola oil and meal were seen declining, a government analyst reports. The decline in canola oil and meal exports is expected to be consumed […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Nov. 30, 2011 at 3:53 pm CST

Winnipeg’s commodity exchange has the blessing of the Manitoba Securities Commission to start trading new wheat, durum and barley futures contracts next summer. The MSC’s approval of the new contracts at ICE Futures Canada came the day after the House of Commons passed Bill C-18, which is expected to end […]

Nov. 30, 2011 at 6:03 am CST

The results are in and a major European fertilizer company’s study of its potash holdings in southern Saskatchewan says "Drill here." Germany’s K+S Group has formally budgeted $3.25 billion for what it’s dubbed the Legacy Project, billed as "one of the world’s economically most attractive potash greenfield projects," to be […]