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Jun. 20, 2025 at 11:36 am CDT

Dryness on the Canadian Prairies, as well as worsening U.S. winter wheat crop conditions and a weakening Canadian dollar raised Western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended June 19, 2025.

By Adam Peleshaty

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:04 am CDT

China’s soybean imports from Brazil surged 37.5 per cent in May from a year earlier, data showed on Friday, as buyers scooped up South America’s bumper crop, while supplies from the United States also rose 28.3 per cent.

By Reuters

Jun. 20, 2025 at 10:00 am CDT

The Great Plains have long been celebrated for the “amber waves of grain” in the popular hymn “America the Beautiful.” The region’s states produce most of the U.S.-grown crop of hard red winter wheat, favored by bakers for bread. But with prices hovering around $5 (C$6.86) per bushel, U.S. wheat farmers have reached an inflection point, with many forced to either lose money, feed wheat to cattle or kill off the crop.

By Emily Schmall, Reuters

Jun. 19, 2025 at 1:26 pm CDT

Isolated showers across Saskatchewan during the week ended June 16 brought welcome moisture, but "a good general rain is needed to help push crop development and ensure the crop doesn't begin to deteriorate in condition," said the latest provincial crop report released June 19.

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 19, 2025 at 11:57 am CDT

Feed corn and feed barley prices in Western Canada have been competitive as the potential for more dryness remains.

By Adam Peleshaty