Insights and Stories on Cereals

Wheat basis levels improve, futures stay bearish

Sep. 16, 2015 at 12:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Canada’s spring wheat basis has hit fresh highs to spur producer selling, but overall the market remains bearish. “It does seem kind of counterintuitive to see cash prices strengthening right during harvest,” said Brenda Tjaden Lepp, co-founder of FarmLink Marketing Solutions in Winnipeg. Over the past week, […]

Malt barley prices strong despite ongoing harvest

Sep. 15, 2015 at 12:48 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Prairie wheat bids climb higher

Sep. 14, 2015 at 6:29 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Three things to read in your grain contract

Sep. 11, 2015 at 8:45 am CDT

By Jennifer Blair

U.S. court finds EPA wrong to approve sulfoxaflor over bee risks

Sep. 11, 2015 at 2:52 am CDT

By Carey Gillam

Feed barley looking bearish

Sep. 10, 2015 at 7:31 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Seasonal harvest pressure is starting to weigh on feed grains in Western Canada, while quality downgrades to crops still on the field may put further pressure on values going forward. “There are quite a few bearish indicators out there,” said Kyle Sinclair, of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Churchill to move pulses this fall, consider partnerships

Sep. 10, 2015 at 4:44 pm CDT

Churchill | CNS Canada –– As its shipping season gets underway, the operators of Manitoba’s Port of Churchill are considering options for keeping the port viable going forward — especially as the end looms for its government subsidy. Churchill has previously relied on the Canadian Wheat Board as its primary […]

By Jade Markus

Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

Sep. 9, 2015 at 6:15 pm CDT

Churchill, Man. | CNS Canada — Grain loading has started on the first vessel of the season to reach Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill. The Clipper Bettina arrived at the Hudson Bay port Sunday and began receiving grain Wednesday. The vessel is to leave for Africa within days, with 36,000 […]

By Jade Markus

Manitoba’s winter wheat seeding stalled

Sep. 8, 2015 at 6:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Manitoba winter wheat seeding is underway, but farmers are facing some complications in areas where other crops aren’t out of the ground yet. Winter wheat seeding traditionally takes place from Aug. 15 to Sept. 15. “But it’s been a bit tricky this year,” said Jake Davidson, executive […]

By Jade Markus

Cash wheat prices move lower across Prairies

Sep. 4, 2015 at 5:52 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Cash wheat bids across Western Canada edged lower during the week ended Friday, as basis levels held relatively steady and the continued slide in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly C$2 per tonne across the three […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin