Insights and Stories on Markets

Feds invite 13 ag players to join rail working group

Nov. 10, 2011 at 6:34 pm CST

The guest list has now been drawn up for a federally-convened working group to discuss ways of improving the grain transportation chain in Western Canada. The Crop Logistics Working Group, announced Monday by federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz but unnamed until Wednesday, will see representatives from 13 industry bodies convene […]

U.S. corn supply tightens, but less than expected

Nov. 10, 2011 at 5:45 pm CST

Analyst sees Canada, Australia hiking canola sales

Nov. 10, 2011 at 6:12 am CST

BIXS sets up online cattle classifieds for members

Nov. 9, 2011 at 5:57 pm CST

Farmland demand solid in Western Canada

Nov. 9, 2011 at 5:27 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ADM to cover ‘acts of God’ on Nexera canola

Nov. 8, 2011 at 5:32 pm CST

Four of Archer Daniels Midland’s oilseed crushing plants have added "Act of God" coverage to their grower contracts for high-oleic canola in 2012. The U.S. agrifood giant last week announced the new contracts for Dow AgroSciences’ Nexera brand canola varieties at the facilities in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and North Dakota. The […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices edge higher

Nov. 8, 2011 at 5:31 am CST

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $2 higher on average last week. Alberta fed cattle prices reached $110 per hundredweight, up $3 from a week ago, and this strength spilled over into the feeder complex. A group of 100 Charolais-cross steers averaging 875 pounds, looking green and a […]

By Jerry Klassen

Feds to convene working group on grain transport

Nov. 7, 2011 at 5:55 pm CST

Participants up and down the crop supply chain are being asked to take part in a new working group to improve grain transportation in Western Canada. Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz on Monday announced plans to form a Crop Logistics Working Group, billed as "a dedicated forum to exchange views […]

Alta. feed market seen steady heading into winter

Nov. 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm CST

Feed grain prices in the key southern Alberta cattle feeding region have climbed over the past month, but have now reached their equilibrium and look relatively steady heading into the winter months, according to a Lethbridge feed merchant. Feed barley prices at Lethbridge have rallied over the past month from […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Drozd: Topping action in soybean meal alerts livestock producers not to panic

Nov. 7, 2011 at 4:33 am CST

Livestock producers were left scratching their heads when the December 2011 soybean meal futures contract posted a new high in late August. The news was incredibly bullish, as concerns of an early frost were on producers’ minds. The big question was, "Should I be locking in the price of meal […]

By David Drozd