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More trade could end African food shortages

By Lesley Wroughton November 9, 2012

Reuters / Africa could avoid food shortages if it reduces the tangled web of rules, fees and high costs strangling regional food trade and by putting large swathes of uncultivated land to productive use, according to a World Bank report. Just five per cent of Africa’s cereal imports are now provided by African farmers, according

Cereals, News

New study says productivity gains reshaping agriculture

By Alex Binkley November 9, 2012

Canadian farmers have become a lot more productive in the past 15 years, according to a new study by BMO Bank of Montreal. “With the quantity of land devoted to farming relatively stable and reliance on government support generally in decline, the industry is truly doing more with less,” said David Rinneard, the bank’s national

Crops, News, Oilseeds

Growing projects nearing completion

By Lorraine Stevenson October 10, 2012

The final tally isn’t in yet, but 2012 may yet prove to be a record year for revenues generated by growing projects in support of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. Good prices and good crops mean higher than ever grain incomes are anticipated, said Harold Penner, CFGB Manitoba resource co-ordinator. More soybeans and corn, and for

Cereals, Crops, Grain Markets, Oilseeds

Prairie weather not done with markets just yet

By Phil Franz-Warkentin September 22, 2012

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted solid gains during the week ended Sept. 14, as production concerns in parts of the Prairies, and expectations that supplies may not be enough to meet the demand going forward, provided support. Canola ended the week with new contract highs in many months, and the bullish technical signals could

Cereals, Crops, International news, News, Oilseeds

Food price shocks a serious threat, UN says

By Reuters September 22, 2012

World leaders must take swift, co-ordinated action to ensure that food price shocks do not turn into a catastrophe that could hurt tens of millions of people in coming months, the United Nations’ food agencies said in a statement on Sept. 4. Global alarm over the potential for a food crisis of the kind seen

Crops, News

India potato story underscores need for reform

By Manoj Kumar August 21, 2012

Reuters / Buried in recent monthly data for wholesale prices in India, the wild gyrations of a humble vegetable tell the tale of an economy trapped in inflation by its own rigidities. Back in December, after a bumper harvest of potatoes, furious farmers dumped tonnes of their crop on roads in protest over a crash

News

Canadian dollar flirts with U.S. parity

By Ryan Kessler August 21, 2012

The Canadian dollar has reached parity with its U.S. counterpart because of the Bank of Canada’s commitment to a tightening bias. Despite struggling economies in the U.S. and the euro zone, the Canadian dollar will likely hover around the parity mark for the remainder of the year, according to one analyst. “The Bank of Canada

News

Farmland isn’t a gold mine — it’s better

By Tom Bill July 12, 2012

London/Reuters — Farmland values in Britain will rise 37 per cent by 2016, beating forecast growth for gold, oil, 10-year British government bonds and homes in London’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, according to data compiled by Oxford Economics and the research arm of property consultant Savills. Savills director Alex Lawson cited the need for increased global

Country Crossroads, News

Weekend kitchen updates

By Connie Oliver June 8, 2012

Walls Try a different look with a fresh coat of paint in a cheery new colour. You don’t necessarily have to paint the entire room to get the updated look you desire. You can paint just a focal wall or paint a band of the new colour on the wall near the ceiling. If you

Opinion

Ticket to unparalleled heartburn

By Alan Guebert June 5, 2012

Since you speak English as well as anyone, perhaps you understand the working paragraph of a May 19 Washington Post column that explains the trading strategy employed by JP Morgan Chase & Co. to, ah, hedge its market risk. It reads: “It is this exemption that would allow (JP Morgan executive, Ina) Drew and her

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures slow descent

U.S. grains: Soybeans, wheat plummet from highs on limited Chinese demand

Feed Grain Weekly: Prices starting to pick up

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