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Calculators needed to make sense of Prairie wheat bids

Sep. 23, 2014 at 6:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Consistent wheat pricing can still be a struggle to find across Western Canada, two years into the new open market. A lack of consistency can make it difficult to compare pricing from one delivery point to the next, leaving farmers uncertain just how much their wheat is […]

Lethbridge cash barley market feeling pressure

Sep. 23, 2014 at 2:03 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

U.S. wheat futures pressured by weak French market

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:39 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Frozen barley crops to push craft beer prices higher

Sep. 22, 2014 at 4:18 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

Sep. 22, 2014 at 12:54 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. spring wheat protein premiums soar after wet, cool summer

Sep. 16, 2014 at 4:47 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Cash prices for top quality U.S. hard red spring wheat are soaring as the rain-delayed harvest throws up lower-than-average protein levels, and traders and analysts said outsized premiums are likely to continue for months. Farmers are expecting the largest harvest in four years as wet, cool […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Wheat bids down again

Sep. 15, 2014 at 7:06 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved down by an average of $2 to $5 per tonne across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, as large global wheat supplies weighed on the North American market. The highest CWRS prices were still available in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Late harvest to hurt Prairie winter wheat seeding

Sep. 15, 2014 at 6:45 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Monday (Sept. 15) marks the full coverage crop insurance seeding deadline for winter wheat in Manitoba and Saskatchewan, with Alberta farmers having until the 20th or 30th of the month, depending on their location. A late harvest this year, however, has prevented some farmers from getting the […]

By Terryn Shiells

Bigger feed wheat supplies to stay put for now

Sep. 11, 2014 at 5:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Adverse weather conditions over the past month, including snow in Alberta and untimely rains in many other regions of the Prairies, are expected to lead to quality downgrades in Canada’s wheat crop. While a greater percentage of the wheat in the country will likely go to feed […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Malt barley prospects decline with excess moisture

Sep. 9, 2014 at 7:11 pm CDT

CNS Canada — It looks like this year’s Canadian malt barley crop could be a lot smaller than originally expected. Canada’s 2014-15 barley production was estimated at 7.2 million tonnes by Statistics Canada. This compares to last year’s total of 10.2 million tonnes. That estimate, however, was before persistent rains […]

By Dave Sims