Insights and Stories on Markets

EU may extend zero import duty on feed wheat, barley

Nov. 23, 2011 at 6:15 am CST

The European Union’s cereals management committee may vote Thursday to extend a suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat and barley until June 30 2012, a draft agenda of the meeting seen by Reuters showed. In June, the EU suspended its import duties of 12 euros per tonne […]

Suit won’t stop CWB change, Ritz says

Nov. 23, 2011 at 6:08 am CST

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices remain volatile

Nov. 21, 2011 at 4:23 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

WTO rips U.S. COOL law in win for Canada

Nov. 18, 2011 at 4:10 pm CST

Rise in Canadian farmland value accelerates

Nov. 17, 2011 at 6:20 pm CST

CWB tightens call centre hours

Nov. 17, 2011 at 3:12 pm CST

The Canadian Wheat Board has pared back the hours for its Farm Business Team office, starting Monday. The FBT, which manages phone calls and email inquiries from Prairie wheat and barley producers, will be available from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CST as of Nov. 14, down from 8 a.m. […]

NDP, Grits seek safeguards on supply management

Nov. 17, 2011 at 12:01 am CST

Federal New Democrats and Liberals want to see assurances from the governing Conservatives that supply management won’t be a bargaining chip for Canada to secure a spot in a proposed Asia Pacific free trade deal. The Tories on Sunday announced Canada’s formal intent to enter consultations with members of the […]

Investors wary as U.S. farmland prices hit record highs

Nov. 16, 2011 at 6:22 pm CST

U.S. farmland prices in the third quarter surged to the highest levels in more than three decades amid an accelerating agricultural boom that has so far defied fears of a bubble about to burst. Prices hit record highs in the U.S. Plains, where wheat and cattle dominate production, and jumped […]

By Carey Gillam Christine Stebbins

U.S. beef packer losses seen reaching record levels

Nov. 16, 2011 at 3:24 pm CST

U.S. beef packers are making record losses as the price they pay for cattle is outstripping what they earn on beef, private data showed Dec. 9. Analysts said the losses were record large and could force leading beef producers such as Tyson Foods and JBS USA to reduce cattle slaughter […]

By Theopolis Waters

CWB supporters take to Parliament Hill

Nov. 15, 2011 at 7:48 pm CST

Supporters of the Canadian Wheat Board took their protest to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, in a last-ditch effort to sway legislators as the bill to deregulate the board moves toward third reading. Several CWB directors and a few Prairie grain farmers urged the Conservative government to drop plans […]

By Rod Nickel