Insights and Stories on Markets

German grain trader buys Prairie presence

Nov. 5, 2011 at 3:40 pm CDT

Germany’s largest grain trading house, Alfred C. Toepfer International, said Thursday it is taking over two Saskatchewan trading companies, giving it its first processing facilities in Canada. Toepfer, whose majority shareholder is Archer Daniels Midland, said it has bought Western Grain Trade Ltd. and Western Grain Cleaning and Processing Ltd., […]

Canada’s hog herd rises slightly

Nov. 5, 2011 at 3:31 pm CDT

ICE transfers MF Global customers’ positions

Nov. 4, 2011 at 5:01 pm CDT

Regina processor buys unfinished N.D. pulse plant

Nov. 4, 2011 at 9:25 am CDT

Video: Ante repeatedly raised in CWB debate

Nov. 4, 2011 at 5:36 am CDT

Fertilizer prices higher, but relief may come

Nov. 3, 2011 at 6:43 am CDT

Fertilizer prices across Western Canada are considerably higher than earlier this year, but some price relief may be on the way. "Fertilizer prices have really stayed high all through the season," said Doug Chorney, president of Manitoba farmer group Keystone Agricultural Producers. Prices over the past 12 months in Manitoba […]

By Adam Johnston

Top shareholder rips Viterra governance

Nov. 2, 2011 at 3:54 pm CDT

The biggest shareholder in Canada’s largest grain handler has mounted an offensive against what it describes as Viterra’s closed-door approach to renewal on its board of directors. Alberta Investment Management Corp. (AIMCo), a Crown-owned investment manager for 26 public-sector pension, endowment and government funds in the province, publicly aired Tuesday […]

Crushers scramble for tight N.D., Man. canola supplies

Nov. 1, 2011 at 7:40 pm CDT

Bunge’s crushing plant in southern Manitoba is drawing in canola from as far away as Saskatchewan, as short supplies in the region lead crushers in both Manitoba and North Dakota to keep offering solid cash prices. "We are in a very competitive environment right now," said James Loewen, general manager […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Japan near ready to loosen beef import limits: report

Nov. 1, 2011 at 3:06 pm CDT

The Japanese government plans to slightly relax its restrictions on the age of Canadian and U.S. cattle from which it will accept beef, Kyodo News reports. The Tokyo-based news agency on Monday quoted officials with the country’s health ministry as saying revised rules will be drafted by the end of […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle prices hold value

Oct. 31, 2011 at 7:11 pm CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle traded steady with week-ago levels. A softer fed cattle market, along with the firmer Canadian dollar, tempered strength in the feeder complex. Light-weight calves were in high demand as Black 480-weight steers on the Pfizer Gold program sold for $171 per hundredweight (cwt), f.o.b. the ranch […]

By Jerry Klassen