Insights and Stories on Markets

UN body delays efforts to regulate “land grabs”

Oct. 19, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

A U.N. intergovernmental body on food security has failed to adopt international guidelines on land governance, delaying efforts to regulate so-called land-grabbing as investors race to snap up agricultural land. A voluntary code of conduct has been in the works since 2008, driven by concerns that countries such as China […]

Quebec veal processor to shut Mauricie-area plant

Oct. 18, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Tories’ bill maps out endgame for CWB’s single desk

Oct. 18, 2011 at 2:38 pm CDT

Post-CWB ‘adjustment’ funding pledged for Churchill

Oct. 18, 2011 at 2:00 pm CDT

Klassen: Feeders maintain upward trend

Oct. 18, 2011 at 4:00 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Lentil market looking bleak

Oct. 17, 2011 at 5:52 pm CDT

A lack of demand in western Canadian lentils, poor quality and farmers wanting higher crop prices are all contributing to a dim market outlook for the commodity, according to one industry participant. “Farmers want the moon, they’re not going to get the moon, so there’s not much going on,” said […]

By Adam Johnston

Board lays out needs for CWB 2.0 as legislation looms

Oct. 17, 2011 at 4:25 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board has mapped out what it will need from Ottawa to survive, with legislation to end the board’s single marketing desk for Prairie wheat and barley now on the House of Commons’ notice paper for Tuesday. The board has “identified concrete requirements for any new entity to […]

U.S. hog, poultry firms to extend use of feed wheat

Oct. 14, 2011 at 11:45 pm CDT

The surprise drop in U.S. corn feed demand this summer may be only the beginning of a year-long reduction as chicken and hog producers break a long-held aversion to blending more wheat into rations. What initially began as a summer fling with an unprecedented premium for corn prices over wheat […]

By Julie Ingwersen Mark Weinraub

Pork exports to China up, values soar

Oct. 14, 2011 at 11:30 pm CDT

Canadian pork exports to all destinations in 2011 are on par to match the level established during 2010, but demand from both China and South Korea has jumped significantly, according to an official in the industry. “Demand for Canadian pork products from China and South Korea are spectacularly ahead of […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Best basis for canola in southern Manitoba

Oct. 14, 2011 at 10:00 pm CDT

Tight canola supplies in southern Manitoba are leading to some very attractive basis levels in the region, as at least one crushing plant is actively looking to secure more supplies. The Bunge canola crusher at Altona, Man. is currently offering basis opportunities of $5 under the November futures, and had […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin