Insights and Stories on Markets

Viterra sees more canola acres, moisture risk

Mar. 9, 2011 at 5:57 pm CST

Canada’s biggest grain handler expects “strong fundamentals” in its ag input business this year, based partly on more canola acres — but it grants that the Prairie spring thaw may have other plans. Viterra on Wednesday posted improved results for its first fiscal quarter ending Jan. 31, largely on the […]

No permanent solution yet on canaryseed exports

Mar. 9, 2011 at 3:04 pm CST

By Brent Harder

Producers balk at locking in mustard contracts

Mar. 8, 2011 at 4:54 pm CST

By Brent Harder

Quebec hog marketing plan approved as regulation

Mar. 8, 2011 at 4:30 pm CST

Klassen: Feeder prices consolidate

Mar. 8, 2011 at 11:57 am CST

By Jerry Klassen

Alta. adds calves to cattle price insurance plan

Mar. 7, 2011 at 7:09 pm CST

Alberta’s provincial price insurance program for livestock producers has rolled out a third component to cover calves. The province on Monday launched the voluntary Cattle Price Insurance Program-Calf (CPIP-Calf), on the heels of CPIP-Fed and CPIP-Feeder in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The new offering also comes ahead of a provincial […]

Pea exports seen gaining as China drops selenium rule

Mar. 7, 2011 at 7:00 pm CST

A “major constraint” against exports of Canadian peas and other pulse crops to China has been lifted with the removal of that country’s maximum limit for selenium in imported foods, Canada’s pulse industry agency reports. Pulse Canada on Monday confirmed that China removed its cap on selenium levels effective Feb. […]

DDGS market still solid, but demand easing

Mar. 7, 2011 at 4:15 pm CST

Prices for dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) have been holding steady and in most cases trending higher, but with those values strong, demand for the ethanol byproduct has been easing. Ryan Slozka, senior commodity trader with Rycom Trading in Kelowna, B.C., said lower cattle numbers in the country have […]

By Brent Harder

Crush margins dependent on outside markets

Mar. 4, 2011 at 5:44 pm CST

After falling a week or two ago, canola crush margins have seen a rebound, thanks to an increase in ICE Futures Canada canola contracts, along with soybean and soyoil contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Bill Craddock, a trader and producer in southern Manitoba, said where the crush […]

By Brent Harder

Drozd: Soybean market turns down on long liquidation

Mar. 4, 2011 at 1:57 pm CST

Downward corrections in a bull market are inevitable and technical analysis is a proven and reliable means of identifying changes in direction. Technical analysis is the study of market movement and its primary focus is on price action. Its strength and popularity comes from the assumption that future price direction […]

By David Drozd