Insights and Stories on Markets

Sep. 19, 2011 at 2:19 pm CDT

Strict Mexican restrictions on canaryseed imports that recently came into effect will likely limit Canadian exports to the country, until supplies in the normally major importer tighten and the issue is revisited, according to an official with the Canadian Special Crops Association. Mexico is traditionally a customer for 25 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 19, 2011 at 5:30 am CDT

CME Group is celebrating the one-year anniversary of a controversial storage scheme for its benchmark wheat futures contract by saying it has fixed a long-standing problem on futures deliveries. Traders, however, remain far from convinced. Arguing that the cure has been worse than the disease, the traders say that by […]

By Christine Stebbins

Sep. 14, 2011 at 3:53 pm CDT

Canada’s largest grain handler plans expects to boost its marketing presence in Europe through a new office in Barcelona. Viterra on Wednesday announced it has opened a new marketing office in the Mediterranean coast city, naming Jose Luis Esteban as the office’s managing director to “execute (Viterra’s) business plans in […]

Sep. 14, 2011 at 5:57 am CDT

Prairie farmers are in the midst of harvesting a smaller but relatively good quality mustard crop, but bids for those supplies have little upside potential, with Eastern Europe sitting on a larger crop this year. The western Canadian mustard harvest is about 25 per cent complete, according to Kevin Dick, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Sep. 13, 2011 at 5:47 am CDT

A farmer group seeking a judicial review of the federal government’s plans for the Canadian Wheat Board has deflected two preliminary legal shots from Ottawa. A prothonotary (judicial officer) representing the Federal Court of Canada last week rejected a federal government motion to dismiss a case brought in June by […]