Insights and Stories on Margins

Klassen: Improving margins underpin feeder market

Oct. 2, 2018 at 1:28 pm CDT

Compared to last week, western Canadian yearlings advanced $2-$5 while calves were unchanged to $3 higher. April live cattle futures are in a bull market; I’ve had many calls from producers and all I tell them is that April live cattle futures are in a bull market. Just as important, […]

U.S. beef packer margins soar as cattle prices fall

May. 23, 2018 at 8:05 pm CDT

By Theopolis Waters

Klassen: Seasonable temperatures enhance feeder market

May. 8, 2018 at 7:43 pm CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Trade rows spell gain, and pain, for U.S. grain exporters

May. 3, 2018 at 9:07 pm CDT

By Karl Plume P.J. Huffstutter

Dreyfus posts profit rise in challenging market

Mar. 21, 2018 at 11:01 am CDT

By Reuters

Klassen: Feeder market continues to soften

Jan. 22, 2018 at 7:47 pm CST

Compared to last week, yearlings and heavier calves traded $6 to as much as $10 lower. Colder temperatures, along with lacklustre feedlot demand, set a negative tone early in the week. The downward spiral caused the market to be quite variable across the Prairies. It was not uncommon to see […]

By Jerry Klassen

Canada’s weekly canola crush tops 200,000 tonnes

Oct. 13, 2017 at 6:47 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canadian canola crushers saw their second busiest week ever during the week ended Wednesday, according to the latest data from the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association. The canola crush in the latest weekly reporting period came in at 204,820 tonnes, only slightly off the record of 208,268 tonnes […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farmers to deal with stronger loonie for rest of 2017

Sep. 7, 2017 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Higher interest rates and a stronger Canadian dollar relative to U.S. currency is giving Canadian farmers a double whammy. According to Farm Credit Canada’s chief agricultural economist, it’s also a situation farmers will likely have to deal with for at least the remainder of the year. J.P. […]

By Terry Fries

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