Insights and Stories on Markets

The rise of iFarmer

Apr. 20, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

Three generations ago Canadian farmers got their market information from the local elevator and their weekly farm paper. A generation on, they shushed the kids and strained to hear the markets on the CBC’s noon-hour farm report. Just a generation ago, a handful took the electronic plunge and bought a […]

Klassen: Feeder cattle soften

Apr. 18, 2011 at 11:01 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Man. farmers looking at corn, weather still key

Apr. 18, 2011 at 5:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

WTO talks now at “grave risk” of failure: Lamy

Apr. 18, 2011 at 5:34 pm CDT

By doug-palmer

Korea’s beef ban seen likely lifted by June

Apr. 18, 2011 at 5:24 pm CDT

By cho-meeyoung

Northern flow of U.S. DDGS stalled

Apr. 15, 2011 at 2:19 pm CDT

High prices and ample supplies of domestic feed grains are limiting the amount of distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) finding their way into western Canadian cattle rations from the US. That situation is now expected to continue as long as the price spread between domestic wheat and barley and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Global commodity traders now likely to consider IPOs

Apr. 15, 2011 at 11:19 am CDT

Where Glencore is going, other international commodities traders are almost certain to follow. The Swiss-based metals, oil and grains dealer, which launched an initial public offering (IPO) valued at up to $12.1 billion on Thursday (all figures US$), is likely to have the field clear while it taps investor appetite […]

By christopher-johnson

Alta. canola growers keep distance from CWB idea

Apr. 15, 2011 at 5:30 am CDT

Alberta’s canola grower group has moved to distance itself from a proposal to gauge grower interest in voluntary marketing of pooled canola through the Canadian Wheat Board. Following an announcement from the Manitoba Canola Growers Association (MCGA), which took out full-page ads in two farm papers seeking grower input, the […]

Live hog exports to U.S. stabilizing

Apr. 14, 2011 at 5:55 pm CDT

After taking a significant hit for nearly four years, Canada’s live hog exports to the U.S. have begun to stabilize. Tyler Fulton, director of risk management with H@ms Marketing Services in Winnipeg, said the Canadian hog herd has also been stabilizing, so there are more animals that can be shipped. […]

By Brent Harder

Barley cash bids edge higher

Apr. 13, 2011 at 5:30 pm CDT

Feed barley bids in the key Lethbridge, Alta. feedlot zone are trending higher, but ample feed wheat supplies should limit the potential upside. Seasonal issues were behind the firmness, as road bans and the fact that farmers will soon be turning their attention to spring seeding helped underpin barley bids, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin