Insights and Stories on Cereals

Prairie cash wheat: Red wheats up slightly on week

Apr. 23, 2023 at 2:22 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Despite adverse weather conditions in both Canada and the U.S., as well as poor growing conditions south of the border, western Canadian wheat bids saw slight increases for the week ended Thursday. A spring snowstorm descended on eastern Saskatchewan, western Manitoba and North Dakota on Wednesday and Thursday, […]

Feed weekly outlook: Quiet times appear to be ahead

Apr. 20, 2023 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Less wheat expected in Kazakhstan in 2023-24, despite same acres

Apr. 19, 2023 at 3:06 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm

Klassen: Feeder market factors in lower barley prices

Apr. 18, 2023 at 11:00 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger loonie sends bids down

Apr. 14, 2023 at 8:12 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Barley demand, prices rise

Apr. 13, 2023 at 3:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — After months of declining prices, one trader is now seeing a “pop” in the feed barley market. Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities at Saskatoon explained that logistics issues caused transportation delays for barley and resulted in feedlots ordering more than they needed last fall — but by the […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Australia reaches deal with China in barley dispute

Apr. 11, 2023 at 5:15 pm CDT

Sydney/Beijing | Reuters — Australia has reached an agreement with China to resolve their dispute over barley imports, the two countries said on Tuesday, a latest sign of improving ties between the major commodity trade partners. Relations between the two had been strained for years, and worsened after Australia called […]

By Alasdair Pal Dominique Patton

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices still historically high, but face headwinds

Apr. 6, 2023 at 3:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada remain historically strong, despite easing off their highs over the past month and trending lower. With bids of around $410 per tonne into the Lethbridge feedlot alley, feed barley “is still a sell,” according to Mike Jubinville of MarketsFarm, speaking on a […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids drift lower

Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:49 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened during the week ended Wednesday, as choppiness in U.S. futures and strength in the Canadian dollar weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $1.60-$6.90 per tonne across the Prairies, according […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator

Apr. 5, 2023 at 11:10 pm CDT

Updated, April 6 — Agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started “major” upgrades on one of its southwestern Ontario grain elevators, with plans to dedicate the site to milling wheat. Winnipeg-based P+H said Tuesday the work already underway at its inland facility on Highway 21 just south of Kincardine will […]

By Dave Bedard