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Making Canada a more attractive place to invest would generate more competition in the grocery sector and increase consumer protection.

Comment: Canadians want more grocery competition

Survey shows Canadians are keenly aware of what’s driving grocery prices higher

By Sylvain Charlebois April 18, 2023

Many surveys suggest that Canadians firmly believe grocery chains are profiteering from food inflation and unnecessarily pushing prices higher. Meanwhile, many experts believe some profiteering is a reality in parts of the industry, and not just in food retail. Food inflation is a worldwide phenomenon. Canada has the third-lowest food inflation rate within the G7+EU

Crops, Markets

Drought curtails Argentina’s latest ‘soy dollar’ scheme

Soy supply 'a very different situation' now

By GFM Network News, Reuters April 15, 2023

Buenos Aires | Reuters — Farmers participating in Argentina’s “soy dollar” plan to boost exports have traded less than half of the soybeans they had traded at the same point during the previous plan, due to the impact of a drought, the Rosario grains exchange said on Friday. The Argentina government launched its latest “soy

The grocery rebate won’t do much for Canadians over time. This is what happens when you politicize food inflation.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Grocery rebate a misguided budget perk

A better plan would be to task AAFC to develop a program similar to the U.S. SNAP program

By Sylvain Charlebois April 10, 2023

The recent federal budget had more leaks than the Titanic. There were so many leaks ahead of its release on March 28 that most of us already knew what was in it beforehand. Many years ago, ministers of finance would be asked to resign if the secrecy of the budget was breached. These are different

Data drawn from www.macrotrends.net shows peaks in the grain price index, and their corresponding valleys, since 1970.

Markets, News

What goes up…

Barring a sudden market shock, the grain market looks like it is losing steam

By David Derwin April 3, 2023

Markets are an assembly of moving parts and, in this environment, inflation is a major component. If you can get the inflation versus deflation trade right, it will go a long way toward understanding how all markets could move. The commodity and consumer price inflation of the past few years started in 2020, with COVID-19

File photo of signage outside Maple Leaf Foods’ Lagimodiere Boulevard plant in Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Livestock, Markets

Maple Leaf sees ‘inflection point’ beyond red ink of 2022

Packer books net losses in Q4, full-year

By Dave Bedard, GFM Network News March 14, 2023

Another of Canada’s major pork and poultry packers has reported significant net losses in its 2022 ledger, but sees “green shoots” suggesting a return to normal pork markets and stable supply chains this year. Maple Leaf Foods on Thursday reported a net loss of $311.89 million on $4.739 billion in gross sales for its fiscal

Today’s farms are bigger, more resourceful, and more efficient.

Comment, Op/Ed

Comment: Farmland prices continue to go up… and up

Farmland is getting expensive, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing

By Sylvain Charlebois March 3, 2023

We all know what’s happening to real estate these days. Everything got more expensive in a hurry, fueled by rock-bottom interest rates. But farming has also been impacted by lower interest rates and investors looking for safety and better yields. The increase in farmland value in Canada has been nothing short of spectacular. The value

Stephen Poloz, an economist and former governor of the Bank of Canada, speaks during CropConnect in Winnipeg on February 15.

News, Other

Forecasting future little use in turbulent era: Poloz

The convergence of five ‘tectonic’ economic forces likely to create more and bigger financial shocks than usual

By Geralyn Wichers February 24, 2023

In upcoming turbulent times, forecasting the future will lose value, a former Bank of Canada governor told a CropConnect audience. Instead, preparing for multiple scenarios will be key for business risk management. Economists will be “wallowing around in an incredible amount of uncertainty,” said Stephen Poloz. Why it matters: Economic volatility will make forward planning

Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer for StoneX Group Inc, speaking at AgDays in Brandon in January.

News

VIDEO: Fertilizer buyers smell blood in the water

With market power slowly rebalancing there’s a stubborn waiting game playing out

By Don Norman February 24, 2023

Fertilizer prices have fallen significantly from their highs a year ago — but there is still a lot of uncertainty in the market. Josh Linville, vice president of fertilizer for StoneX Group, said many market forces brought agriculture to this precarious spot. He traces it back to August 2020, when a high-intensity wind storm hit

CBOT March 2023 soybeans (candlesticks) with 20-day moving average and November 2023 soybeans (dark green o/h/l/c). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soybeans end higher in choppy trade

CBOT corn mixed, wheat down; MGEX, K.C. wheats up

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen February 17, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures inched higher on Thursday while corn ended narrowly mixed after a choppy session as traders weighed poor crop prospects in Argentina against the expanding harvest of a massive Brazilian soybean crop and fears of rising interest rates, analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) wheat futures fell on

CME February 2023 live cattle with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Livestock, Markets

U.S. livestock: CME live cattle ease on profit-taking

February cattle lower after nearing eight-year top; hogs follow cash prices higher

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen February 15, 2023

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. live cattle futures closed lower on Tuesday on profit-taking after rising to the highest levels in nearly eight years, with worries about the health of the U.S. economy adding to bearish sentiment, analysts said. Benchmark April live cattle futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange settled down 0.425 cent at 164.675

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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