Insights and Stories on Trade

Food, farming not expected to be big election issues

Sep. 17, 2019 at 9:10 pm CDT

Canadians don’t think that food and agriculture will be a significant issue in the current federal election. A survey conducted Sept. 9 and released Tuesday by Angus Reid Global with the support of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab shows 31 per cent of Canadians believe food and agriculture will be […]

U.S. livestock: Lean hogs up on trade hopes, falling corn prices

Jul. 1, 2019 at 7:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

ICE weekly outlook: Little to sustain canola bids in bear market

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:44 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

CBOT weekly outlook: African swine fever paralyzes futures

Mar. 20, 2019 at 8:31 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Trump budget proposes steep subsidy cuts to U.S. farmers

Mar. 11, 2019 at 4:23 pm CDT

By Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. grains: Soybeans lower on South America weather, trade jitters

Feb. 11, 2019 at 7:34 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell about one per cent on Monday on improving crop weather in South America and worries about a looming March 1 deadline for a U.S.-China trade agreement, analysts said. Corn futures followed soybeans lower while wheat futures were mixed, with Chicago Board of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Feed weekly outlook: Tight supplies, good demand support barley

Jan. 24, 2019 at 6:17 pm CST

Solid demand, both domestically and internationally, coupled with tightening world supplies is keeping barley bids well supported in Western Canada and should lead to increased acres this spring. “The price of feed barley is staying historically high,” said Brian Otto, chair of the Barley Council of Canada, noting feed barley […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. livestock: CME cattle fall as temperatures set to rise

Jan. 22, 2019 at 4:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange cattle futures eased on Monday, pressured by forecasts for better weather in the U.S. Plains following snowstorms and bitter cold in the past week, traders said. “The big thing in the cattle was a real clear message that we have a sharp increase […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canola trade on edge over China tensions

Jan. 17, 2019 at 9:32 pm CST

Canadian canola exports to China face some uncertainty as concerns mount that political tensions between the two countries could spill into trade. The back-and-forth tariff dispute between the U.S. and China, and resulting decline in Chinese purchases of U.S. soybeans, originally led to ideas that Canada would pick up some […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Ag seen gaining on slightly weaker loonie in 2019

Jan. 11, 2019 at 7:38 pm CST

CNS Canada — Farm Credit Canada (FCC) predicts the Canadian dollar will spend the year around the 75-U.S. cent mark — slightly softer than last year’s average of 76. “We’re going to see volatility throughout the year obviously but when we look at that season, or the full year average, […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm