Insights and Stories on Trading

Richardson to buy major U.S. durum processor

Jul. 8, 2021 at 7:49 pm CDT

Agrifood firm Richardson International is set to expand and further diversify its grain processing space with a deal for what’s billed as North America’s single largest durum flour and semolina miller. The Winnipeg company said Thursday it will buy 100 per cent of the shares in Italgrani USA Inc., whose […]

Canada hails new WTO chief

Feb. 22, 2021 at 8:07 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

U.S. livestock: Live cattle edge higher in subdued trade

Oct. 30, 2020 at 7:52 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Canada not benefiting from CETA, Bibeau says

Sep. 25, 2020 at 7:39 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Indian cabinet minister quits over farm legislation

Sep. 17, 2020 at 3:19 pm CDT

By Mayank Bhardwaj

Green Plains sues ADM, alleging ethanol market manipulation

Jul. 15, 2020 at 5:24 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Green Plains Inc., one of the biggest U.S. ethanol producers, sued Archer Daniels Midland on Tuesday, accusing the global grain trader of manipulating the price of the biofuel to profit from its positions in the derivatives market. Green Plains filed the proposed class action with the […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Major grain traders’ e-transaction platform gets name

Dec. 5, 2019 at 10:14 pm CST

The blockchain-based global commodity transaction platform being developed by six of the world’s biggest agrifood firms is moving ahead with a new name and project leader. The six companies — ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, Cofco and Glencore Agriculture — announced Wednesday the project will be named Covantis, and have […]

By GFM Staff

Exterior of the Chicago Board of Trade building.

CBOT weekly outlook: Headlines, geopolitics drive prices

Dec. 4, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

MarketsFarm — To Terry Reilly, about the only things driving the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are headlines and geopolitics developments. “Traders are trading headlines,” Reilly, an analyst for Futures International in Chicago, said in reference to the latest developments in U.S.-China trade talks. Reports on Wednesday morning said the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

‘Tinder for cows’ matches livestock in mood for love

Feb. 13, 2019 at 1:48 pm CST

Petersfield, England | Reuters — A Tinder-inspired app is helping farmers match up potential partners for their cattle. Called “Tudder” — a mix of dating app Tinder and udder — it lets farmers swipe right on cattle they like the look of. They are then directed to a page on […]

By Matthew Stock

Online cattle market AgriClear goes dark

Apr. 17, 2018 at 8:16 pm CDT

Canada’s TMX Group has pulled the plug on its AgriClear online cattle exchange after almost three years of operation. TMX, which operates the Toronto-based TSX stock exchange among other services, announced on AgriClear’s lone remaining web page that the AgriClear platform and website have been decommissioned, effective Monday (April 16). […]

By Staff

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