Insights and Stories on Cereals

Guenther: Cereal crops hit with ergot needed for livestock project

Jul. 17, 2014 at 3:57 pm CDT

Saskatchewan Agriculture wants to hear from farmers who find ergot in their cereals this summer. The ministry is asking producers to start scouting for the disease a week after crops start flowering and report ergot to their regional offices as soon as it’s detected. It’s all part of a new […]

Prairie wheat bids steady overall

Jul. 15, 2014 at 4:36 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Extent of flood damage to winter wheat not yet known

Jul. 11, 2014 at 11:33 am CDT

By Marney Blunt

Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports

Jul. 10, 2014 at 4:01 pm CDT

More room to downside for falling wheat futures

Jul. 8, 2014 at 7:08 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Barley acres down, but not expected to keep declining

Jul. 7, 2014 at 5:42 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Canada’s farmers have seeded their smallest barley crop in 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, but an industry official says he doesn’t think it will remain so low in the long-term. StatsCan’s seeded acreage report on June 27 had pegged barley acreage at 6,089,000 acres, down from […]

By Marney Blunt

Spring wheat bids decline for fourth straight week

Jul. 7, 2014 at 5:33 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) continued their downward slide during the week ended Monday, as losses in the U.S. wheat futures weighed on values for the fourth straight week. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie Pest Monitoring Network weekly update for July 2, 2014

Jul. 3, 2014 at 1:34 pm CDT

The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network has released its latest report. This week’s issue contains a review of weather for the season so far, and reviews of modelling and control procedures for wheat midge, diamondback moth, bertha armyworm, cabbage seedpod weevil, swede midge and flea beetles. Also provided is a weather […]

By Prairie Pest Monitoring Network

Shipping delays push oat prices downward

Jun. 30, 2014 at 6:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The backlogged rail system in Canada has slowly started to move for certain commodities, but oats continue to remain on the shipping backburner, pushing prices lower according to some industry participants. While oat prices at larger companies right now are quite poor, bidding at under $1 per […]

By Marney Blunt

Prairie CWRS cash bids fall below $5 a bushel

Jun. 30, 2014 at 5:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) moved lower during the week ended June 30, with CWRS bids falling below the $5 a bushel mark. Losses seen in U.S. wheat futures after a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report […]

By Terryn Shiells