Insights and Stories on Markets

Canola crush margins ease, demand remains strong

Jan. 21, 2011 at 6:51 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Canola crush margins for western Canadian processors have weakened off slightly, but demand for the commodity remains strong. Some of the drop-off in profitability was attributed in part to some weakening of U.S. soy product values. The ability of the Canadian dollar to hold above […]

Analysts see return to profits for hog farmers

Jan. 21, 2011 at 6:44 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

Sunflowers edge higher

Jan. 20, 2011 at 6:35 pm CST

By Brent Harder

Barley prices hold steady, for now

Jan. 20, 2011 at 6:24 am CST

By Brent Harder

Funds’ commodity holdings could hit $500 billion

Jan. 20, 2011 at 6:17 am CST

By claire Milhench david-sheppard

Klassen: Feeder cattle edge higher

Jan. 18, 2011 at 1:21 pm CST

The feeder cattle market for 2011 started where 2010 left off. Last week’s prices were comparable to values in late December on the first real market test for the year. In southern Alberta, lightweight steer calves under 400 pounds brought back $160 to $175 per hundredweight; 400- to 500-lb. steers […]

By Jerry Klassen

Higher prices will test consumers’ taste for beef

Jan. 18, 2011 at 1:12 pm CST

(Reuters) — Lady Gaga’s favourite Judas Priest burger will still cost $12 at Kuma’s Corner as the trendy Chicago eatery resists raising prices, even though the cost of making that burger has gone up. “You can’t pass it on, not in times like this,” Kuma’s manager Frank DeBoss said of […]

By bob-burgdorfer

Grain rally less speculative than in 2008: Ritz

Jan. 17, 2011 at 6:19 pm CST

(Reuters) — The recent rally in grain and oilseed prices is based more on concerns about crop levels than on speculation by investors, Canada’s agriculture minister said on Monday. Prices of crops such as wheat, corn, soybeans and canola are at their highest levels in more 2-1/2 years amid flooding […]

By Rod Nickel

Food inflation, bad weather to lift agribusiness

Jan. 14, 2011 at 1:37 pm CST

(Reuters) — Shares of North American agricultural companies, from fertilizer makers to grain handlers, will likely surge this year as weather-related crop damage causes global food price inflation. With grain prices already around two-year highs to start the year, fertilizer makers like PotashCorp and Mosaic are among the big winners, […]

By Rod Nickel

Oats go up with USDA report

Jan. 14, 2011 at 12:56 pm CST

Corrected, Jan. 17 — (Commodity News Service Canada) — Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture crop report, which showed lower stocks for both corn and soybeans, has sent oat values to fresh contract highs on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), and higher in Western Canada. Canadian oat stocks are quite […]

By Brent Harder