Insights and Stories on First Quarter

CNH confident on navigating supply issues beyond first quarter

May. 3, 2022 at 6:10 pm CDT

Milan | Reuters — CNH Industrial beat first-quarter earnings expectations on Tuesday and the agricultural and construction machine maker’s CEO said he was confident the company could successfully navigate ongoing global supply chain issues. “Don’t underestimate how difficult the environment is, it’s a battle,” CEO Scott Wine told analysts after […]

CP CEO rules out raising Kansas City Southern bid

Apr. 21, 2021 at 9:01 pm CDT

By Reuters

Record-level grain handles continue for CN, CP

Apr. 6, 2021 at 4:25 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

CP, CN break records for grain shipments

Jul. 8, 2020 at 9:22 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Railways book higher grain freight revenue for Q1

May. 6, 2019 at 8:01 pm CDT

By GFM Staff

ADM says U.S. floods to cut into Q1 operating profit

Mar. 25, 2019 at 7:14 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Flooding and severe winter weather in the U.S. Midwest will reduce Archer Daniels Midland’s first-quarter operating profit by US$50 million to $60 million, the U.S. grains trader said on Monday. Record floods have devastated a wide swath of the farm belt across Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota […]

By Reuters

Pork supply issues hit Maple Leaf’s Q1 ledger

May. 2, 2018 at 1:42 pm CDT

Reuters — Meat packer Maple Leaf Foods posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit as lower prices and a temporary interruption in supplies hurt sales of its pork products, sending its shares to their lowest in nearly two years. The company, one of Canada’s biggest pork processors, said that processed fresh pork […]

By Nishara Karuvalli Pathikkal

Grain handle down, costs up in CP’s Q1

Apr. 18, 2018 at 8:20 pm CDT

Increased traffic in potash and intermodal containers offset an eight per cent drop in grain carloads in Canadian Pacific Railway’s first quarter, against higher costs and “challenging” conditions. Calgary-based CP on Wednesday booked net income of $348 million on gross revenues of $1.662 billion for the quarter ending March 31, […]

By Staff

Strong beef demand lifts Cargill profit for quarter

Sep. 27, 2017 at 8:56 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Global commodities trader Cargill reported a 14 per cent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday as strong beef demand and ample supplies of cattle lifted earnings for its animal nutrition and protein segment for a fifth straight quarter. The gains in protein offset a weaker year-on-year […]

By Karl Plume

ADM sees weaker ag services outlook on trading woes

May. 3, 2017 at 10:57 am CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. agricultural trader Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) on Tuesday cautioned that massive global grain stocks are making it difficult to turn a profit trading grain internationally, sending its shares plummeting despite reporting a higher first-quarter profit. The warning highlighted a string of trading woes at ADM, […]