Reuters — The speaker of Canada’s House of Commons rejected on Thursday a bill amendment that would allow the government to force railway companies to compensate shippers for expenses incurred […] Read more
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Commons’ speaker rejects grain bill amendment on railway payment
U.S. livestock: CME feeder cattle at record high on strong calf prices
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange feeder cattle futures on Thursday closed at an all-time high, with some contracts up by the three-cent price limit, fueled by costly prices […] Read more
U.S. regulator set to approve Dow’s Enlist herbicide
Reuters — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it plans to grant approval to a new herbicide developed by Dow AgroSciences that is designed to be used with new […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn dips from three-week high as soybeans fall, wheat rises
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn fell on Wednesday, snapping four sessions of gains, as the stockpile of grain-based ethanol hit a nine-month high and meteorologists forecast more favourable conditions […] Read more
Internal trade panel rips Que. limits on edible oil products
Quebec has been given until the end of the year to repeal provincial laws that have effectively banned sales in that province of edible oil dairy substitutes, such as some […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Cash price woes drop CME hogs
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hog futures on Wednesday closed down more than two per cent, pressured by the recent decline in cash and wholesale pork prices, traders […] Read more
Prairie feed barley prices nearing 2014 highs
CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed grain markets are trading at highs for the 2014 calendar year, and even starting to approach September prices, according to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at […] Read more
Average CWRS wheat bids rise above $200 a tonne
CNS Canada –– Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher, breaking back above $200 per tonne, during the week ended Monday. Improving basis levels and […] Read more
U.S. grains: Corn near three-week high on slow planting
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures rose more than one per cent on Tuesday for their third straight session of gains and neared a three-week high as rains and […] Read more
U.S. livestock: Fund buying helps CME hogs close mostly higher
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange hogs closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with support from fund buying that helped most contracts beat back early-session losses, traders said. Short-covering contributed […] Read more
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