Insights and Stories on Speculation

NFU takes demand for ban on investor ownership to Parliament Hill

Nov. 24, 2023 at 9:26 pm CST

Members of the National Farmers Union (NFU) gathered on Parliament Hill Wednesday to demand a ban on investor ownership of farmland. The demonstration was organized by the NFU Youth Caucus and Farm Workers’ Working Group. The goal was to demand protection of food sovereignty and help farmers, especially young ones, […]

ICE weekly outlook: Not a matter of when, but where canola peaks

Mar. 29, 2023 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

ICE weekly outlook: No floor in sight for overdone canola

Mar. 15, 2023 at 8:38 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

South African plan to allow land expropriation fails to pass

Dec. 7, 2021 at 6:53 pm CST

By Tim Cocks

ICE weekly outlook: Swings ahead for canola

May. 26, 2021 at 7:59 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Short-sellers circle cannabis stocks as profits dwindle

Oct. 2, 2019 at 5:49 pm CDT

New York | Reuters — Wall Street’s love of cannabis appears to be going up in smoke as vaping-related ailments and missed revenue projections are prompting short sellers to raise their bets against the industry, fund managers and analysts said on Wednesday. Short interest in cannabis stocks, which reflects bets […]

By David Randall

B.C. Greens seek limits on foreign ownership of farmland

Oct. 9, 2017 at 2:26 am CDT

The party holding the balance of power in British Columbia’s legislature wants to curb foreign ownership of farmland in the province’s Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR). Green Party leader Andrew Weaver on Thursday introduced the Property Law Amendment Act as a private member’s bill, which he said “would prohibit foreign entities […]

By Staff

Switzerland asks voters not to ban farm derivatives trade

Jan. 12, 2016 at 6:16 pm CST

Zurich | Reuters –– Switzerland’s government on Tuesday urged voters to reject a campaign to ban trading in agricultural derivatives, saying the well-meaning attempt to alleviate world hunger would not succeed and only jeopardize Swiss jobs and tax revenue. The “No Speculation with Food” initiative is subject of a binding […]

By Reuters