Insights and Stories on Canada

U.S. grains: Corn, soybean futures ease

Sep. 27, 2019 at 5:20 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean futures closed lower on Friday, as weather forecasts showed fewer yield risks to Midwest crops ahead of harvesting, as traders jockeyed for positioning ahead of a U.S. grain stocks report slated for Monday, traders said. Meanwhile, CBOT wheat […]

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Sep. 17, 2019 at 9:10 pm CDT

By John Greig

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canada takes first step at WTO to challenge China’s canola ban

Sep. 6, 2019 at 7:05 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

U.S. grains: Corn hits contract lows on sluggish exports, mild weather

Sep. 6, 2019 at 5:36 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Industry groups hail appointment of new China envoy

Sep. 5, 2019 at 3:27 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — Canada has appointed veteran business consultant Dominic Barton as ambassador to China, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, as the government grapples with a major diplomatic and trade dispute between the nations. Barton, 56, a Ugandan-born Canadian who stepped down as global managing partner of […]

By David Ljunggren

P+H to buy Louis Dreyfus’ Prairie elevators

Sep. 4, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Updated — Commodities and agrifood giant Louis Dreyfus Co. is stepping out of the grain handling business it built in Canada with a deal to sell its Prairie elevator network. Louis Dreyfus (LDC) announced Wednesday it has an agreement in place to sell its 10 elevators across Western Canada to […]

By Dave Bedard

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Brazil expected to introduce tariff-free wheat import quota from 2020

Sep. 3, 2019 at 12:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil is expected to introduce a tariff-free wheat import quota of 750,000 tonnes per year starting from 2020, the president of the country’s wheat industry group Abitrigo, Rubens Barbosa, said on Tuesday. Brazil announced the opening of the tariff-free wheat import quota earlier this year […]

By roberto-samora

Organic price quotes: Late August

Aug. 30, 2019 at 3:53 pm CDT

Read more: Organic crop prices soft ahead of harvest

By OrganicBiz

New EU import curbs on fruit not Canada-specific

Aug. 24, 2019 at 2:36 am CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — New European Union rules that could block shipments of Canadian cherries and other fruits to the 28-nation grouping apply to all countries and “was not unusual,” a senior Canadian official said on Friday. The clarification from federal Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau came a day after the […]

By Kelsey Johnson

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