Insights and Stories on Cereals

Oats still struggling to move south

May. 9, 2014 at 3:53 pm CDT

CNS Canada — The Prairie oats industry continues to suffer from a lack of rail cars allocated to move south, as it forces some companies to truck oats to U.S. millers. Shipping oats by truck means very expensive freight costs, resulting in lower prices for farmers, and higher prices for […]

Spring wheat seeding still delayed in N.D.

May. 7, 2014 at 6:12 pm CDT

Malting barley expected to see slow price surge

May. 6, 2014 at 7:09 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Prairie CWRS wheat bids up sharply with U.S. futures

May. 5, 2014 at 6:19 pm CDT

By Terryn Shiells

U.S. wheat futures still rising, but ‘getting tired’

May. 5, 2014 at 6:06 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie feed barley prices nearing 2014 highs

Apr. 30, 2014 at 3:07 am CDT

CNS Canada — Lethbridge feed grain markets are trading at highs for the 2014 calendar year, and even starting to approach September prices, according to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities. “We’re at $190 to $195 per tonne for feed barley and feed wheat.” Road bans, the start of […]

By Dave Sims

Average CWRS wheat bids rise above $200 a tonne

Apr. 30, 2014 at 2:58 am CDT

CNS Canada –– Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher, breaking back above $200 per tonne, during the week ended Monday. Improving basis levels and spillover support from the gains seen in Minneapolis spring wheat futures helped to lift prices. Average spot bids for CWRS […]

By Terryn Shiells

Ardent flour merger closer to completion with mill sale

Apr. 24, 2014 at 5:28 pm CDT

Reuters –– U.S. food and grain-handling companies ConAgra Foods, Cargill and CHS have moved closer to sealing a deal to merge their North American flour mill operations by agreeing to sell four mills to a Japanese company. Miller Milling Co., a U.S.-based unit of Tokyo-based Nisshin Flour Milling, will buy […]

CWRS wheat prices down as basis widens

Apr. 21, 2014 at 5:40 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat eased during the week ended Monday, as U.S. wheat futures were weaker and basis levels widened. Average spot bids on Monday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in at around $192 per […]

By Terryn Shiells

Prairie winter wheat looking good, but damage still possible

Apr. 15, 2014 at 5:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Most winter wheat crops seeded in Western Canada last fall seem to be in good condition so far this spring — but they’re not in the clear yet. “Not all of the winter wheat is out from the snow cover yet,” said Bruce Burnett, crop and weather […]

By Terryn Shiells