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Prairie Wheat Weekly: Cash prices for spring wheat, durum mostly higher on the week

Sep. 13, 2024 at 12:26 pm CDT

Cash prices for Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat and Canadian Western Amber Durum were up for the week ended Sept. 12, while those for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat were mostly higher.

Feed Grains Weekly: Prices moving higher, but maybe not much more says broker

Sep. 12, 2024 at 4:47 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Storage grain bin silos in a field of matured corn crop in harvest time.

USDA’s September numbers meet trade expectations

Sep. 12, 2024 at 2:10 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Oats futures rise, cash bids steady

Sep. 12, 2024 at 11:45 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

ICE canola weekly outlook: Contracts hovering above lows

Sep. 11, 2024 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Saskatchewan canary seed exports surpass C$100 million in 2023

Sep. 11, 2024 at 3:35 pm CDT

Canary seed exports from Saskatchewan were worth over C$100 million in 2023, the provincial government announced on Sept. 11.

By Adam Peleshaty

Trade expects mixed bag in WASDE report

Sep. 11, 2024 at 2:56 pm CDT

The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) will be focusing on the monthly World Agricultural Supply/Demand Estimates (WASDE) from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Sept. 12.

By Adam Peleshaty

Pulse Weekly: India largely responsible for drop in Canadian dry pea stocks

Sep. 10, 2024 at 2:07 pm CDT

Dry peas saw sharp reductions in Statistics Canada's report on grain stocks as of July 31. Released on Sept. 9, the StatCan report showed on-farm and commercial dry pea stocks at a combined 348,000 tonnes, down from 550,000 the previous July. The current stocks also came in below the five-year average of 398,600 tonnes.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Most Prairie farm product prices drop: StatCan

Sep. 10, 2024 at 1:27 pm CDT

Average prices for the majority of crops grown in the Prairies were lower this July compared to the year before, while cattle prices continued to rise, according to Statistics Canada's (StatCan) monthly farm product prices released on Sept. 10.

By Adam Peleshaty