Insights and Stories on Cereals

Spring flooding not a concern for Prairie winter wheat

Feb. 12, 2014 at 2:45 pm CST

CNS Canada — Some Prairie winter wheat-growing regions may have received large amounts of snow so far this winter, but flooding shouldn’t be a concern this spring. “We’ve run into some problems when we’ve had snowmelt not moving off of fields” in the past, said Bruce Burnett, weather and crop […]

Prairie wheat bids climb alongside U.S. futures

Feb. 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm CST

By Terryn Shiells

Wireworm action added to cereal seed treatment

Feb. 8, 2014 at 1:13 pm CST

By Staff

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on profit-taking; corn, soy firm

Feb. 7, 2014 at 3:58 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Oats hit record high, soy climbs on exports, corn flat

Feb. 6, 2014 at 4:01 pm CST

By Julie Ingwersen

Lethbridge barley rallies by $10 since mid-January

Feb. 6, 2014 at 3:25 pm CST

CNS Canada — The Lethbridge barley market has appeared to have bottomed out in January, as prices have rallied by $10 per tonne in the past few weeks. “The barley market through the last two weeks has ticked up a little bit,” said Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities […]

By Brandon Logan

Japan ramps up U.S., June Canada wheat buys to offset delays

Feb. 6, 2014 at 1:14 pm CST

Tokyo | Reuters — Japan ramped up its purchases of U.S. grains and June-arrival Canadian wheat used for making bread and noodles, in a tender awarded on Thursday, in a move to offset the possibility of extended shipping delays from Canada. Canada’s record canola and wheat harvests have clogged its […]

By Reuters

Cereal herbicide approved for use in canary seed crops

Feb. 4, 2014 at 6:54 pm CST

Nufarm’s cereal herbicide Enforcer M has picked up approval for an expanded label allowing its use in canary seed crops, and its use on more weeds and in more tank mixes. Enforcer, a post-emergent herbicide previously labelled for use in spring, winter and durum wheat and barley, is applied from […]

By Staff

U.S. wheat futures correct higher

Feb. 4, 2014 at 5:27 pm CST

CNS Canada — All three U.S. wheat futures markets are finally seeing a corrective bounce, after declining steadily since October. While how much higher wheat futures can move remains to be seen, the sharp gains this week could be seen as a sign that the downtrend is over for the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

CPSR wheat bids weaken amid widening basis levels

Feb. 3, 2014 at 3:39 pm CST

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRSR) wheat moved lower amid widening basis levels during the week ended Monday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids, meanwhile, were holding steady. Prices for both varieties failed to follow the U.S. futures markets higher due to continued […]

By Terryn Shiells

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