Global markets

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Statistics Canada said on Friday that June retail sales improved 1.5 per cent at $70.2 billion, with gains in all nine subsectors. Food and beverage retail sales led with an […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is set to meet with federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald in Saskatoon on Thursday. They will discuss China’s recent tariffs on Canadian canola seed along with […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Day two of the Pro Farmer crop tour brought results from Indiana and Nebraska. In Indiana on Tuesday, corn yields increased from last year to 193.82 bushels per acre, but […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   Inflation in Canada eased in July to an annualized rate of 1.7 per cent, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. The consumer price index dipped 0.2 of a point from June, […] Read more

By Glen Hallick   Glacier Farm Media | MarketsFarm – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally.   United States President Donald Trump demanded on social media on Sunday that Ukraine give up all hopes of regaining the Crimea and joining NATO. Trump made the comment ahead of […] Read more

WINNIPEG, Aug. 15 (MarketsFarm) – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Alaska today to discuss an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two world […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Up to 400,000 tonnes of canola meal are sitting in warehouses next to Chinese ports with importers struggling to re-sell them, sources told Reuters. An executive with one of the trading companies that imports canola meal said it […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said in a press conference on Tuesday that he is considering a trade mission to China, through the province’s trade office in Shanghai, to aid the canola industry. China will place a 75.8 […] Read more

Glacier FarmMedia – The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – China announced on Tuesday it will impose a 75.8 per cent preliminary anti-dumping duty on Canadian canola imports beginning on Thursday. China sources nearly all of its canola/rapeseed imports from Canada, with 4.6 million tonnes of the oilseed […] Read more

The following is a glance at the news moving markets in Canada and globally. – Four wildfires are continuing to burn out of control in Newfoundland and Labrador and hot and dry weather conditions are not helping matters. The largest wildfire in the province is the Kingston fire near Conception Bay North, which has spread […] Read more