Insights and Stories on Markets

May. 12, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

A study by Canada’s federal ag lender finds the average value of farmland across the country rose by over five per cent in 2010, with values in Ontario, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island ahead of the six-month curve. Crown agriculture and agrifood lending agency Farm Credit Canada on […]

May. 12, 2011 at 10:55 pm CDT

The grain harvest in the U.S. South typically kicks off in August, and supplies are quickly grabbed by exporters to be shipped across the globe. But not this year. Massive flooding that has submerged about three million acres of crop land will delay the start of the export season in […]

By Karl Plume

May. 11, 2011 at 5:32 pm CDT

The Canadian Wheat Board faces a tough battle to survive as a voluntary pool competing against grain-handling heavyweights, two former chief executives of the monopoly seller say.  The big three Canadian grain handlers — Viterra, Richardson International and Cargill — won’t easily welcome a new competitor and the board is […]

By Rod Nickel

May. 11, 2011 at 5:25 pm CDT

Canada’s flaxseed stocks are expected to be very tight by the end of the current crop year and should remain that way through 2011-12, but one analyst doesn’t believe that will lead to an immediate jump in cash prices. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada has reported end-of-year flaxseed stocks will be […]

By Brent Harder

May. 11, 2011 at 12:17 pm CDT

Canadian farmers will seed more wheat, durum, canola, oats and barley this spring and leave less unseeded land, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada said in an analysis that mostly mirrored earlier government estimates based on a farmer survey.  The department’s outlook for grains and oilseeds for the 2011-12 crop year late […]