Insights and Stories of Terryn Shiells

Nov. 7, 2013 at 3:00 pm CST

The United States’ corn crop is expected to be smaller in 2014-15 compared to this year, while soybean production should increase. Speaking at the Cereals North America global grain conference in Winnipeg, Dr. Bill Tierney, chief economist with AgResource, projected U.S. corn production in 2014-15 would total 13.77 billion bushels, […]

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Nov. 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm CST

China is expected to increase its grain imports this year compared to 2012, according to economist Yang Weilu. Weilu, the senior economist and deputy director with the China National Grain and Oils Information Center, noted that expectation while speaking at the Cereals North America global grain conference in Winnipeg. China […]

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Nov. 6, 2013 at 6:04 pm CST

Canada is expected to export more wheat to the U.S. this year than in 2012-13, Alex Bos of Louis Dreyfus Commodities said during a presentation at the Cereals North America global grain conference in Winnipeg. “We only have about two months of data for the current marketing year, but we’re […]

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Nov. 4, 2013 at 6:49 pm CST

Cash bids for western Canadian spring wheat continued to move lower during the week ended Monday (Nov. 4), continuing their downtrend alongside U.S. futures markets. Average spot bids on Monday for Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in at around […]

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Oct. 29, 2013 at 4:16 pm CDT

The harvest of crops in Alberta has come to an end, and it was “a good year,” according to Harry Brook, crop specialist with the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. There may be some localized crops still standing, but everything else has come off the combine, he added. “I would say there […]

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