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Saskatchewan to adjust WLPIP premiums for producers

May. 14, 2020 at 7:16 pm CDT

The Saskatchewan government plans to temporarily subsidize livestock producers entering the Western Livestock Price Insurance Program (WLPIP) against its recent jump in program premium costs. The province on Thursday announced it will provide $5 million to “partially offset” WLPIP premiums, which it noted have risen “significantly” since the end of […]

Cattle producers press for lower price insurance premiums

Apr. 13, 2020 at 5:03 pm CDT

By Alexis Kienlen

As meat demand rises, processors raise pay for farmers, workers

Mar. 24, 2020 at 1:16 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures limit up as beef prices surge

Mar. 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

Oct. 9, 2019 at 5:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

ICE weekly outlook: Uncertainty, lack of farmer selling lift canola bids

Sep. 18, 2019 at 6:00 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Over the last week or so canola prices have been largely supported by two factors, according to Errol Anderson of Pro Market Communications in Calgary. “To some degree it’s still crop uncertainty and growers aren’t selling.” Cash bids have varied widely, he said, while spot premiums have shot […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Ottawa expands insurance for canola exporters amid China dispute

Jun. 13, 2019 at 1:48 pm CDT

Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — Ottawa increased the insurance coverage available for canola exporters, a government corporation said on Thursday, as it seeks to reduce trade risks amid a dispute with China. China halted purchases of Canadian canola in March, citing pests in shipments by Richardson International and Viterra. That move, […]

By Kelsey Johnson Reuters Rod Nickel

Brazil may raise farm subsidies despite belt-tightening

Feb. 14, 2019 at 6:51 pm CST

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazil could double spending on subsidized farm insurance in 2020 and may expand subsidized loans, the country’s agriculture policy secretary said on Thursday, even though the new government’s economic team has pledged to cut spending. The negotiations on next year’s farm subsidies highlight the powerful agribusiness […]

By Jake Spring

Early U.S. winter wheat harvest supports low-protein fears

May. 30, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — The earliest reports from the start of the U.S. hard red winter wheat harvest underscored industry fears of a second straight year of low protein, a factor that shifts the market’s focus to prospects for the North American spring wheat crop, a higher-protein variety. “It’s probably […]