Ottawa/Winnipeg | Reuters — Strong winds, freezing rain and heavy snowfall closed schools, cut power to homes and cancelled flights across Canada on Friday as a powerful winter storm swept […] Read more
Winter storm causes havoc across Canada
Alberta ranchers shelter cattle against winds
U.S. grains: Wheat plunges to three-month low on export competition
Corn also down on weak demand, soybeans rise after selloff
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat extended losses on Friday to a fresh three-month low as modest weekly U.S. exports kept traders’ focus on competition from cheaper Black Sea supplies. […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy snaps win streak on disappointing biofuel mandates
Wheat falls on export sale data; soy weakness weighs on corn
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago soybeans fell on Thursday, snapping five days of gains as soybean oil sold off sharply after the U.S. government proposed smaller-than-expected biofuels blending requirements. Wheat […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat rises on short-covering, China optimism
Wheat still lost nearly 10 per cent in November; soybeans rise on fresh China sales, corn down
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, supported by end-of-the-month short-covering and investor hopes that China will loosen COVID-19 rules, although the grain […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat inches higher on hopes China will ease COVID-19 measures
Corn slips on export demand concerns
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat finished slightly higher on Tuesday after the previous day’s three-month low, as investors saw hope that China would ease measures to counter COVID-19 infections […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat tumbles to three-month low in broad sell-off
Soybeans rise on export sales, renewable fuel talk
Winnipeg | Reuters — Chicago wheat fell on Monday to a three-month low, as commodity and equity markets dropped on concern about the impact of rare protests in China against […] Read more
Fiona batters Eastern Canada’s farms, fishery
'You'll hear me swearing in Saskatchewan'
Winnipeg | Reuters — Powerful storm Fiona slammed into Canada’s eastern fishing and farm industries over the weekend, smashing wharves, food processing plants and barns that will take months to […] Read more
Canada can cut fertilizer emissions 14 per cent by 2030, industry groups say
Report touts use of 4R practices
Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers can reduce greenhouse gas emissions from applying nitrogen fertilizer by 14 per cent by 2030 through adoption of more sustainable farm practices and new […] Read more
Nutrien’s interim CEO named CEO
Seitz sees 'a lot of uncertainty' continuing in market
Reuters — Canada’s Nutrien Ltd., the world’s largest potash fertilizer producer, named Ken Seitz as chief executive on Monday, removing the interim tag. Nutrien in January surprised investors by replacing […] Read more
Cold and hungry: Food inflation bites Canada’s North
'It's really expensive to do business here'
Iqaluit | Reuters –– In Canada’s remote North, residents have long paid dearly for food, and rising prices have worsened an already dire situation, exposing the vulnerability of one of […] Read more
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