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Letter to the editor, Dec. 5, 2014

Dec. 5, 2014 at 1:23 pm CST

Rod Nickel’s article,“Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints,” incorrectly states that there has been an increase in the number of complaints from buyers of Canadian wheat since the removal of the single desk marketing authority from the Canadian Wheat Board. Since 2011-12, the last crop year that Canadian wheat […]

Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints

Dec. 3, 2014 at 4:50 pm CST

By Rod Nickel

CWRS wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

Dec. 1, 2014 at 5:15 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

IGC raises forecast for 2014-15 global corn crop

Nov. 27, 2014 at 5:08 pm CST

By Reuters

Oats prices drop to two-and-a-half-year lows

Nov. 25, 2014 at 7:30 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CWRS wheat bids edge down in Western Canada

Nov. 24, 2014 at 7:15 pm CST

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved lower during the week ended Friday, with adjustments to basis levels behind much of the declines. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price declined to $232 per tonne, from $234 the previous week. Similar losses were noted […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Asia’s mills eye Canada’s wheat as Australian supply slows

Nov. 21, 2014 at 5:41 pm CST

Singapore | Reuters — Asian flour millers are looking at buying Canadian spring wheat for shipment early next year as supplies from drought-hit Australia are likely to remain slow, traders said. Canadian western red spring wheat is being offered at around $345 a tonne, including cost and freight, nearly unchanged […]

By Naveen Thukral

Argentina sees wheat harvest of 12 million tonnes

Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will harvest 12 million tonnes of wheat in the 2014-15 crop year, the agriculture ministry said in its monthly report Thursday, issuing its first wheat crop estimate of the season. Argentina’s 2013-14 wheat harvest was 9.2 million tonnes, according to official data. “Losses […]

By Reuters

Ceiling still far off for rising feed barley market

Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:06 pm CST

CNS Canada — Feed barley prices in Western Canada have climbed steadily higher over the past few months and have more room to go, before strong prices inevitably make U.S. corn imports more attractive. “The feed barley market is hot,” said Jerry Klassen, manager for Swiss-based GAP SA Grains and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Richardson’s Sask. oat milling staff ratify deal

Nov. 18, 2014 at 7:23 pm CST

Unionized workers with Richardson International’s oat processing and grain milling plant at Martensville, Sask. are headed back to work after ratifying a new labour deal. About three dozen Richardson Milling employees, represented by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1400, were locked out Sept. 10 after voting in […]

By Staff