Insights and Stories on COVID-19

Food retail order boom may ease after big quarter, Conagra says

Oct. 1, 2020 at 4:46 pm CDT

Reuters — Conagra Brands put better-than-expected first quarter sales on Thursday down to heavy ordering by retailers worried about the durability of supply chains in the months ahead as a second wave of coronavirus cases takes hold. Shares in the foodstuffs maker dipped as much as three per cent before […]

Ginseng piling up in Canada despite Chinese demand

Sep. 30, 2020 at 5:12 pm CDT

By Farah Master Rod Nickel

Plant-based protein maker Roquette sees short-term COVID-19 impact

Sep. 30, 2020 at 4:51 pm CDT

By Sybille De La Hamaide

CBOT weekly outlook: Harvest pressure to weigh on soy, corn

Sep. 23, 2020 at 3:46 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Throne speech commits to rural broadband improvement

Sep. 23, 2020 at 2:29 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy, corn fall sharply on fund selling

Sep. 21, 2020 at 5:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean, corn and wheat futures plunged on Monday as concerns about fresh coronavirus-driven lockdowns due to rising global case counts sparked a wave of risk-off trades. The grains, led by a 3.7 per cent drop in wheat that marked its biggest daily […]

By Mark Weinraub

Saskatchewan extends WLPIP premium rebate if needed

Sep. 3, 2020 at 5:07 pm CDT

Saskatchewan’s temporary subsidy against price jumps in premiums for the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) will continue when needed to the end of 2020. Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. (SCIC), which administers the program in that province, announced Tuesday the WLPIP premium rebate is extended to Dec. 31, from its […]

By Dave Bedard

Hog farmers face prolonged pain as pandemic gives way to glut

Aug. 28, 2020 at 5:48 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters — North America’s hog farmers face prolonged pain beyond the COVID-19 pandemic that has interrupted packing plants , as a pig glut in the U.S. holds prices low and pressures producers to downsize. Many North American hogs had nowhere to go in spring as slaughter plants suspended […]

By Rod Nickel

Syngenta says IPO ‘on track’

Aug. 27, 2020 at 1:58 am CDT

Zurich | Reuters — Agricultural chemical maker Syngenta posted higher first-half profit and sales on Thursday, helped by maintaining supplies to farmers and controlling costs during the coronavirus outbreak, and said it was on track to complete its public listing by mid-2022. The Swiss company, bought by state-owned ChemChina for […]

By Reuters

U.S. livestock: Hog futures rise as pork supplies shrink

Aug. 25, 2020 at 6:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures rose to their highest level in nearly three months on Tuesday after government data showed that the reopening of pork plants after a rash of COVID-19 shutdowns had not boosted supplies. Cattle futures were lower, pressured by signs of weakness in […]