Insights and Stories on Cereals

U.S. wheat, barley production increases in 2023

Sep. 30, 2023 at 12:31 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued its small grains 2023 summary on Friday, showing a 10 per cent increase in all wheat production in 2023 of 1.81 billion bushels. While oat production dipped one per cent at 57 million bushels, barley output rose six per cent at 185 […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids near bottom post-harvest

Sep. 28, 2023 at 7:48 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Harvest pressure, falling U.S. futures weigh on bids

Sep. 22, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure, looming corn imports weigh on barley bids

Sep. 21, 2023 at 4:50 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids mixed, durum lower

Sep. 18, 2023 at 3:11 am CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: More demand for barley in Alberta

Sep. 14, 2023 at 7:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As Alberta’s harvest continued, yields and crop conditions have varied across the province, according to Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta. “There has been such a wide range across the map, it really depends on location,” she said. “We’ve seen some areas that […]

By Adam Peleshaty

StatCan expected to raise estimate for oats production

Sep. 11, 2023 at 7:36 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Ahead of the model-based Statistics Canada production report due out on Thursday, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask. said it’s likely the agency’s numbers for oats will increase. StatCan issued its first model-based production report for 2023-24 on Aug. 29, which placed the country’s oats […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Prices for reds rise, amber eases back

Sep. 8, 2023 at 12:54 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat on the Canadian Prairies was mixed for the week ended Thursday, with gains for Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats, while Canada Western Amber Durum slipped back. Kansas City winter wheat and Minneapolis spring futures were higher on the week to provide support […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest pressure keeps lid on prices

Sep. 7, 2023 at 7:21 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — As the harvest continued across the Canadian Prairies, pressure kept feed grain prices largely in check, according to Crystal Leitch of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “We don’t see things changing too much because pricing is not what it was. There’s some hope that pricing is going to […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids, futures take tumbles

Sep. 2, 2023 at 4:45 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids were lower throughout during the week ended Thursday, with Canada Western Red Spring wheat seeing the largest declines. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its first model-based production estimates for 2023-24 on Tuesday. Based on data compiled up to July 31, StatCan estimated total Canadian wheat […]

By Adam Peleshaty