Insights and Stories on Markets

Aug. 17, 2011 at 4:47 pm CDT

The Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) said Tuesday it would allow wheat from outside the United States to be delivered against its hard red spring wheat futures contract. The change will be effective no later than the May 2013 contract month, the exchange said in a statement. The majority of non-U.S. […]

Aug. 17, 2011 at 1:05 pm CDT

An annual review of an average Winnipeg grocery bill and the farmer’s share of the revenue finds farmers faring slightly better, albeit with a tighter focus on Prairie-grown foods and a wider sample of stores. The Farmer’s Share, a yearly research project funded by the three Prairie provinces’ general farm […]

Aug. 17, 2011 at 11:55 am CDT

Canadian ag exporters and investors have a brief opportunity to take advantage of preferred access to the fast-growing Colombian market, trade officials said Monday, as pressure mounts for U.S. Congress to ratify a U.S. trade agreement with the Andean nation. The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement took effect Monday, becoming Canada’s […]

By trish-nixon

Aug. 16, 2011 at 11:13 am CDT

Farmer-elected directors of the Canadian Wheat Board held a series of meetings across the Prairies earlier this month to discuss the implications of the federal government’s plans to end the board’s single desk.  Manitoba director Bill Toews told the more than 300 farmers attending the meetings at Oak Bluff, Man., […]

By Laura Rance-Unger

Aug. 16, 2011 at 7:20 am CDT

Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were steady to $3 per hundredweight (cwt) higher on average last week. Volumes are starting to increase at most auction barns now that the yearling run is well underway. Labour Day demand and a weak Canadian dollar caused Alberta fed steers to reach a high […]

By Jerry Klassen