Dean Hubbard, a grower who farms southeast of Claresholm, Alta., recently took part in a Cereals Canada mission that had stops in Algeria, Italy, Morocco and the United Kingdom. "As I heard several times, there's no other grain like Canadian grain," said Hubbard. "We're in a class by ourselves. To hear that made me feel very proud." | File photo

Canadian wheat receives high marks from customers

Farmers who recently participated in an international tour say the buyers they talked to were impressed by crop's quality

SASKATOON — A group of farmers has returned from Cereals Canada’s New Crop Trade and Technical Missions with a renewed sense of pride. “As I heard several times, there’s no other grain like Canadian grain,” said Dean Hubbard, a grower who farms southeast of Claresholm, Alta. Related stories: End users are picky on crop varieties […] Read more

Large futures users, which could include feedlots, lost the ability to route big and rush orders to live pit traders in 2015 when the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed its open outcry trading floors.  |  Getty Images

Big futures trades harder in all-electronic world

Report concludes all-electronic trading has not affected the cost per trade, although pit trading did add an option value

WINNIPEG — Who were the winners and losers when Chicago shut its live trading floors for livestock futures and sent everything to the electronic world? That’s a question two economists at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have attempted to answer in a new article in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Large futures users, […] Read more

Azure Sustainable Fuel Corp. says sustainable aviation fuel can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by up to 80 percent.  |  Getty Images

Sustainable aviation fuel funded in Man.

WINNIPEG (MarketsFarm) — The Manitoba government signed an agreement Dec. 19 to provide $2.9 million over two years to Azure Sustainable Fuel Corp. for its front-end engineering design study toward sustainable aviation fuel. “The agriculture sector plays an important role in creating sustainable decarbonization solutions that add value to Manitoba by growing revenue and employment. […] Read more