Farmers and brokers in southwestern Ontario’s tobacco sector are among nine people arrested for alleged roles in a black-market network for domestic tobacco. RCMP at London, Ont. on Friday reported […] Read more
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SW Ont. tobacco farmers arrested in black-market probe
CME fines Ont. Teachers for hog trades
Chicago | Reuters — The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, which manages investments for Canada’s largest single-profession pension plan, violated speculative position limits in CME Group’s lean hog futures market, […] Read more
France to ban pigs, byproducts from N. America, Japan over PED
Paris | Reuters –– France will ban imports of live pigs, pork-based byproducts and pig sperm from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Japan to protect against a virus that has […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat hits 14-month high on Plains drought, heat outlook
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures surged two per cent to their highest levels in more than a year on Friday, bolstered by concerns of drought-reduced production in the […] Read more
Maple Leaf books Q1 loss under PEDv cost pressure
A rise in pork prices due mainly to porcine epidemic diarrhea’s effects on the U.S. hog herd has bit deeper into Maple Leaf Foods’ bottom line for its first quarter […] Read more
Churchill ready for potential record season
CNS Canada — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill is gearing up for a record grain shipping season, but will need to receive more grain cars in order to meet those […] Read more
Thunder Bay shipping underway after ‘worst ice year ever’
CNS Canada — Grain movement is finally underway at the Lake Superior port of Thunder Bay, Ont., after significant delays caused by a record cold winter. The first ship arrived […] Read more
Flax industry nearing pre-Triffid state
CNS Canada — The Canadian flax industry is heading back to the same state seen before Europe banned Canadian flax imports after finding unapproved genetically-modified varieties in some shipments in […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy, corn tumble on fund liquidation, better U.S. weather
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. grain futures tumbled on Thursday, with soybeans falling the most since September and corn the most in a month as investors took profits on weather […] Read more
Large grain, oilseed stocks expected in StatsCan report
CNS Canada — Thanks to record-large Canadian crop production in 2013-14, stocks of grain and oilseeds in Canada as of March 31 are likely to be pegged as very large […] Read more
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