Insights and Stories on Markets

Price spread seen limiting DDGS use in Canada

Oct. 13, 2011 at 4:19 pm CDT

Ample domestic feed grain supplies, together with high prices for corn-based DDGS (dried distillers grains with solubles) from the U.S., are now limiting usage of the ethanol byproduct in Canadian livestock rations, according to market participants. The price spread is too wide right now to bring in DDGS, said Ryan […]

BIXS set for cow-calf producers’ use nationwide

Oct. 13, 2011 at 4:06 pm CDT

Alta. farmers to ponder development agency for all wheats

Oct. 13, 2011 at 12:43 pm CDT

Global grains picture brightens in U.S. forecast

Oct. 12, 2011 at 4:24 pm CDT

By Charles Abbott

Flax industry sees “good progress” against Triffid

Oct. 12, 2011 at 4:26 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Raw milk access a matter for consumers, not dairyman: Ruling

Oct. 11, 2011 at 5:55 pm CDT

Getting handy access to unpasteurized or “raw” milk in Ontario will take a legal challenge by its consumers, not by a dairyman whose cows provide it, a recent court ruling finds. Judge Peter Tetley of the Ontario Court of Justice so ruled Sept. 28 in overturning most of last year’s […]

By Dave Bedard

Klassen: Fed cattle lead feeders higher

Oct. 10, 2011 at 11:22 pm CDT

The weaker Canadian dollar, along with stronger beef prices and lower market-ready supplies, caused fed cattle to jump $4 per hundredweight (cwt) last week. Alberta packers paid up to $111/cwt in a struggle to fill nearby demand. Feeder cattle prices followed suit, edging up $2-$3/cwt on average, with lighter-weight cattle […]

By Jerry Klassen

Regina to host new pulse, durum processing plant

Oct. 8, 2011 at 11:26 am CDT

An expansion-minded inertnational pulse packing and export firm has pledged up to $50 million for a new Saskatchewan plant to process pulse crops for flours and food ingredients and durum into semolina for pasta. Alliance Grain Traders (AGT) on Friday announced construction work on the plant is to begin in […]

Tight canaryseed supply may not meet demand

Oct. 7, 2011 at 8:10 am CDT

Despite issues with Canada’s largest canaryseed customer, the small supply of canaryseed this year may not be able to meet other world exports, an industry official reports. “There’s a whole lot of stuff going on with different facets people are trying to sort out,” said Kevin Hursh, executive director of […]

By Adam Johnston

Suspension of Moroccan durum tariff may boost sales

Oct. 7, 2011 at 7:49 am CDT

Morocco is temporarily suspending import duties on durum, which could open the door for more export opportunities for Canada, a major supplier. Morocco’s ministry of economy and finance recently announced on its website that all duties on durum imports will be suspended from Oct. 1 through Dec. 31 this year. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin