Marcy Nicholson

Keeping an eye on union negotiations with Cargill, with 25 days left until the strike deadline that could potentially cause Canada's biggest beef plant to shut if workers opt to picket

Stephen Wicary @wicary

Beef prices in North America are soaring amid global supply chain snarls. Now a labor dispute at a plant that accounts for 40% of Canada’s processing capacity could inject even more uncertainty into the market, @Marcy_Nicholson @jenskerritt report https://t.co/hVxJGiUmDU

The benchmark has soared about 22% this year, outpacing the S&P 500 Index’s 21% rise, thanks to its large weighting in banks and commodity stocks, @divyabalji @KristineOwram report

RT @ChrisPrentice: Another SEC sweep! My latest w/ @jodygodoy https://t.co/Obbg38Z4jG

RT @wicary: Stephen Poloz has landed another board seat, this time with a cleantech firm, @Marcy_Nicholson reports https://t.co/Cn4nAI6Blo

The summer drought in the Canadian Prairies cut oat production and sent prices soaring on one of our go-to breakfast faves, I report with @mhirtz for @business https://t.co/IrVkNM4BQ1

A paper supply shortage has sent retailers scrambling to find ways to print old-school catalogs as online advertising loses its appeal, I report with @ameliajpollard https://t.co/KlJZtm0Xuz

Olymel has postponed slashing its night shift -- 500 employees -- at a Quebec pork plant, that has been closed due to a strike since late-April. It reached an agreement in principle with the union and workers have until Wednesday to vote in favor or lose jobs.

Canada, the world's top canola grower, now expects its crop will be the smallest since 2012 due to the drought. This comes after record-high prices spurred many farmers to increase their canola acres in the spring, taking from wheat @business https://t.co/yhNUTCXevL

Canada expects the country's farmers will harvest 27% less field crops this year vs last after a drought ravished large parts of the Prairies @BloombergCA https://t.co/Xsmrp7xUMF

Talk about a turn around! In July, 49% of US building material dealers had more lumber than they needed, just months after tight supplies quadrupled prices to record highs, @JBREC data show, I report with @atanzi for @business https://t.co/kNaCV3j3IR

Nutrien CEO says it's too early to know the impact of the sanctions but the Canadian company can raise its potash production "as necessary".

Elizabeth Elkin @ElizabethElkin

Potash buyers fretting over U.S. sanctions on Belarus’s state-owned producer may not need to panic right away https://t.co/Fg7zLY4lED via @markets @YFEDORN @Marcy_Nicholson

A strike at an Olymel pork plant in Quebec means farmers are running out of room for 136,000 slaughter-ready hogs that have nowhere to go, I report with @srastello for @business https://t.co/lJ2d5QPS7U

RT @RodNickel_Rtrs: My latest with ⁦@thekarlplume⁩ and Reuters contributors around the world on the worrisome North American drought, whose…

The heat and drought has hurt crops planted for us humans so badly that some Canadian and US farmers are cutting their losses and baling it for livestock (as grasshoppers eat their pasture), I report with @mhirtz @WeatherSullivan for @business https://t.co/V4JARYGAJO

Calamities from a record heat wave and bone-dry conditions that gripped western North America in the past month are threatening animals and undermining the livelihood of farmers, I report with @mhirtz @ElizabethElkin @naurtorious for @business https://t.co/SWwCiRDkKs

Lumber’s drop is among the most dramatic examples of the easing in commodity prices after rallies in raw materials from copper to corn earlier this year fueled concern that rising costs would undercut the economic recovery @business https://t.co/CKQYsgAg1J

Rail car stagnation near Canada's biggest port appears to have sent at least 2 Vancouver-bound ships on a northbound detour toward Prince Rupert

BN Commodities @BNCommodities

Thousands of rail cars loaded with #grain are idled in the Vancouver corridor after Western Canadian wildfires damaged two main lines. By @Marcy_Nicholson https://t.co/NgVRAW53ak