Insights and Stories on Markets

Dec. 17, 2010 at 1:27 pm CST

A “very strong month” for wheat cash prices and futures values has pumped up the Canadian Wheat Board’s wheat pool outlooks by $3 to $26 per tonne. The CWB on Thursday issued its December pool return outlooks (PROs) for the 2010-11 crop year, with durum up $4-$14 per tonne, Pool […]

Dec. 16, 2010 at 11:45 am CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) –– Farmers with feed peas to sell should be seeing relatively favourable prices right now, as some end-users are being forced to bid up the market in order to acquire their necessary supplies. Feed pea prices have moved up in tandem with edible peas over the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 15, 2010 at 5:10 pm CST

(Reuters) — Free trade negotiations between Canada and the EU are more ambitious than most such talks, particularly when tackling sensitive sectors that each side wants to protect, Canada’s federal Trade Minister Peter Van Loan said Wednesday. Van Loan and European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said they had […]

By louise-egan

Dec. 14, 2010 at 6:23 pm CST

(Commodity News Service Canada) — Rye bids in Western Canada have climbed sharply higher over the past couple of weeks, bringing some renewed attention to the thinly traded crop. Prices as high as $5.50 per bushel are being reported in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, which compares with bids in the $4 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dec. 11, 2010 at 4:03 am CST

A Case IH group of dealerships across the Prairies plans to stake out some new territory by buying an Alberta dealership with three locations north and east of Edmonton. Rocky Mountain Dealerships announced Thursday it will buy Agritrac Equipment, which operates at Westlock, Barrhead and Vegreville. “This acquisition is strategically […]