Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feb. 25, 2014 at 6:32 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — The oats market in North America is a “trainwreck”, and there’s not much positive in the six- to 12-month outlook, an analyst told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference here Tuesday. “We have got bottlenecks all over the place. We are within an eyelash of shutting […]

By Terryn Shiells

Feb. 25, 2014 at 3:48 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The daily trading limit for Chicago Board of Trade oat futures and options will increase to 30 cents a bushel when the markets reopen, after the front-month contract rallied the 20-cent limit to an all-time high of US$5.03 on Tuesday. This is the second time in […]

Feb. 20, 2014 at 1:43 pm CST

CNS Canada — All three U.S. wheat futures markets have posted good gains in recent weeks, after touching contract lows at the end of January. With improvements of 80 cents to a dollar per bushel off of the lows for Minneapolis, Kansas City and Chicago futures, wheat is now in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 19, 2014 at 4:01 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The daily trading limit for Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) oat futures and options expands to US30 cents a bushel when the grain markets open on Thursday after the nearby contracts rallied the 20-cent limit on tight oat inventories. CBOT oat futures closed on Wednesday locked […]

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:39 pm CST

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat continued to move higher amid the ongoing short-covering rally seen in U.S. wheat futures during the week ending Tuesday. Average spot bids on Tuesday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, […]

By Terryn Shiells