Insights and Stories on Commodity Prices

Grain World: Farm consolidation key to increasing yields

Dec. 4, 2019 at 4:59 pm CST

Saskatoon | MarketsFarm — Consolidating farms — going from numerous small operations to fewer, but much larger, farms — is central to improving crop yields, according to grain industry observers Neil Townsend and Jason Newton. Townsend is the chief market analyst for FarmLink Marketing Solutions, while Newton is the chief […]

China, drought, debt shake Canadian farm finances

Jun. 19, 2019 at 11:52 am CDT

By Kelsey Johnson Rod Nickel

Climate change has U.S. fund managers adjusting agriculture investments

May. 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm CDT

By David Randall

No fresh aid package for U.S. farmers planned for now, Perdue says

Apr. 30, 2019 at 8:59 pm CDT

By Reuters

Cargill profit jumps on meat demand, big U.S. crops

Jan. 10, 2017 at 2:49 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Ocean freight rate index at historic low, again

Dec. 17, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

CNS Canada –– The Baltic Dry Index, which gauges the price of moving grain and other goods by sea, is down to new historical lows, less than a month after setting the former floor. The BDI, compiled daily by the London-based Baltic Exchange, was quoted at 471 points on Wednesday […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Loonie’s boost for commodity prices likely limited in 2016

Dec. 15, 2015 at 3:41 pm CST

CNS Canada — The Canadian dollar has been steadily depreciating through 2015, sinking to an 11-year low relative to its U.S. counterpart as the end of the year creeps closer. Even if the loonie stays weak in 2016, however, two analysts expect the upside potential it brings to agricultural commodity […]

By Jade Markus

Crop prices to stay under pressure

Nov. 4, 2015 at 9:20 am CST

Commodity News Service Canada – North American farmers hoping for weak commodity prices to right themselves could be waiting for quite a while, according to one of the speakers at the Cereals North America conference going in Winnipeg this week. Dan Basse, president of AgResource, said currency issues are making […]

By Dave Sims

Minogue: Optimism reigns at FCC outlook meeting

Jan. 29, 2015 at 1:20 pm CST

Regina — Despite commodity prices down off recent highs, resurgent transportation problems and crop disease issues across the Prairies, farmers heard all good news at Farm Credit Canada’s Ag Outlook 2015 conference here Tuesday. “The sky’s not falling,” said J.P. Gervais, chief ag economist for Regina-based FCC. Actually, he said, […]

By Leeann Minogue

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