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Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat falls most in two months; soybeans, corn follow

By Rod Nickel November 2, 2015
Winnipeg/Reuters – Chicago wheat futures fell nearly 3 per cent on Monday, the most in two months, as rain in dry U.S. areas encouraged the market to stay within its […] Read more

Maple Leaf  swings to profit but shares slide
Livestock

Maple Leaf swings to profit but shares slide

By Rod Nickel, Tanvi Mehta October 29, 2015
Maple Leaf Foods swung to a rare profit in the third quarter as the company nears the end of its restructuring plan. The profit is only Maple Leaf’s second in […] Read more


Yellow mustard. (Photo courtesy Saskatchewan Mustard Development Commission)
Crops, Markets

Mustard growers relish price spike from supply squeeze

By Luc Cohen, Rod Nickel October 22, 2015
Reuters — From Canada to India, there is a squeeze on mustard that has put producers in a pickle. Prices of the yellow condiment dabbed on hot dogs and pretzels […] Read more

Lentil dal. (PulseCanada.com)
Crops, Markets

India’s drought a bonanza for Canadian pulse growers

By rajendra-jadhav, Rod Nickel October 14, 2015
Winnipeg/Mumbai | Reuters — Prices for Canadian pulses typically ease toward the end of the year but a recent dry spell in distant India, the world’s top producer and consumer, […] Read more

G3 CEO Karl Gerrand, shown here in April in Winnipeg, said the company isn’t particularly interested in making a move on Glencore’s Viterra assets. (Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

Not much interest in Glencore ag assets at grain firm G3

By Rod Nickel October 13, 2015
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Grain handler G3 Canada, a joint venture between a Saudi Arabian firm and Bunge Ltd., doesn’t have much interest in bidding for a stake in rival […] Read more


(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat extends rally, soybeans slip

By Rod Nickel October 1, 2015
Reuters — Chicago wheat rose more than one per cent on Thursday, extending a rally triggered by Wednesday’s U.S. Department of Agriculture data that put the 2015 U.S. crop below […] Read more

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here in February in Brampton, Ont., said farmers and processors would be “compensated” for losses incurred through any increased market access granted under a TPP deal. (Agr.gc.ca)
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Canada to pay farmers for any losses under TPP deal, Ritz says

By Rod Nickel September 30, 2015
Reuters — Canadian farmers will receive government compensation for any losses resulting from a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, the country’s agriculture minister said Wednesday in a discussion about the […] Read more

(Dave Bedard photo)
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Liberals, NDP say would clarify foreign takeover rules

By Rod Nickel September 29, 2015
Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s Liberal and New Democratic parties, vying to replace the governing Conservatives in a tight three-way election race, both say they would clarify rules around foreign […] Read more


(Lisa Guenther photo)
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U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress

By Rod Nickel September 28, 2015
Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slid Monday, pressured by a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets and progress by U.S. farmers in harvesting crops. Soybeans tumbled more […] Read more

(Regis Lefebure photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
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duBreton to boost output of crate-free pigs

By Rod Nickel September 24, 2015
Reuters — Private Canadian pork producer duBreton said Thursday it plans to raise 300,000 additional pigs during the next three years without housing them in crates, as it seeks premium […] Read more

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