Crops
CNS Canada — Lentil producers have been stuck on a roller coaster this season, and the ride isn’t slowing down going into harvest. “It’s been a very hard year to […] Read more
Crops
Unpredictable lentil crops could unsettle market
U.S. activist investor Ackman leaves CP board
Bill Ackman, the U.S. activist investor who usurped the leadership of Canadian Pacific Railway in 2012, is leaving the Calgary company’s board after his hedge fund sold off its remaining […] Read more
Large old-crop canola stocks raise new-crop questions
CNS Canada — Canada grew a million more tonnes of canola in 2015-16 than originally reported, according to updated numbers from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday in connection with the Stocks […] Read more
Quality Canadian durum may be in short supply
CNS Canada — Quality issues with the Canadian durum crop currently being harvested should see the price spreads between top- and low-end grain widen considerably, especially as the carryout from […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soybean rallies short-lived
CNS Canada — Corn and soybean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade both recorded gains during the week ended Wednesday. Prices were pushed higher as traders prepared for subcontracts […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn, wheat gain ahead of USDA supply data
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat each rose one per cent or more on Wednesday, lifted by short-covering linked to export demand prospects and expectations of bullish […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market
CNS Canada –– A stocks report from Statistics Canada has changed the dynamic of the canola market, one analyst says, though prices are not expected to plummet. Statistics Canada estimates […] Read more
Farmers’ debt seen hitting fresh record high
Reuters — Canadian farmers’ debt will likely reach another record high this year, while land appreciation slows and incomes flatten, but the industry is still in strong financial shape, the […] Read more
Canada’s canola, wheat stocks shrink less than expected
Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian canola and wheat stockpiles were sharply lower in midsummer from a year earlier, the smallest in three years, but bigger than expected, a Statistics Canada […] Read more
Diesel prices look to settle in for fall, early winter
CNS Canada — Canadian diesel prices appear to be settling in for a relatively uneventful autumn, according to an industry watcher. “Unless we get a vortex kind of winter, when […] Read more