CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat across the Prairies moved lower during the week ended Friday, taking most of their direction from a downturn […] Read more
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Prairie CWRS wheat bids drop with U.S. futures
Canada seen sowing slightly less canola, more durum
Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers are leaning toward planting slightly less canola and more durum wheat, a Reuters survey of 12 traders and analysts showed on Monday. Farmers still […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn, wheat slide to near three-week lows as dollar firms
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. wheat and corn futures fell to near three-week lows on Monday as a strong dollar loomed over export demand along with aggressive competition from overseas […] Read more
‘Extreme’ volatility expected in wheat markets this spring
Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Canadian and U.S. wheat markets are likely going to experience some “extreme” volatility this spring, Lawrence Yakielashek of FarmLink Marketing Solutions told the Wild Oats […] Read more
Prairie wheat acres seen dropping six per cent in 2015
Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Canadian wheat acreage, excluding durum, is expected to drop six per cent, to 17.9 million acres, for the 2015-16 crop year, Agri-Trend Group CEO Robert […] Read more
Peru, Taiwan, Belarus ban Canadian beef over BSE case
Reuters — Three more countries have blocked imports of Canadian beef or beef products, following Canada’s discovery of BSE earlier this month, its first in four years. Taiwan, Peru and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: CME hogs rally on cash prices, port dispute end
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange lean hogs finished higher on Monday on strong cash prices and the resumption of cargo loading following Friday’s West Coast port labour agreement, […] Read more
Klassen: Feeder cattle market stabilizes
Western Canadian feeder cattle prices were relatively unchanged this past week after a surge in buying interest earlier in February. Certain auction markets reported values $2 to $5 higher in […] Read more
Contract negotiators for U.S. West Coast ports reach tentative deal
Los Angeles | Reuters — A group of shipping companies and a powerful dockworkers union clinched a tentative labour deal on Friday after nine months of negotiations, settling a dispute […] Read more
Pacific trade pact negotiators to meet in March
Washington | Reuters –– Chief negotiators for a Pacific trade deal will meet in Hawaii for talks in the second week of March, the U.S. trade office said Friday, a […] Read more
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