Insights and Stories on Cereals

Morocco adjusts wheat import scheme in nod to Black Sea

Mar. 8, 2023 at 2:59 pm CST

Rabat/Paris | Reuters — Morocco, a major cereal importer, has modified its wheat import subsidy scheme to make it easier for companies to bring in cargoes from the Black Sea region, an official at state grain agency ONICL said on Wednesday. The revision, also reported by traders, means that as […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip with U.S. futures

Mar. 4, 2023 at 12:38 am CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley exports slowing down, local prices steady

Mar. 2, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

BASF halting hybrid wheat seed development in North America

Mar. 1, 2023 at 6:18 pm CST

By Karl Plume

Prairie cash wheat: Durum rises, red spring falls back

Feb. 25, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies

Feb. 23, 2023 at 5:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Little change in wheat bids

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite bullish factors affecting wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), western Canadian wheat bids did not see much change during the week ended Thursday. Futures prices for all three major U.S. varieties increased week-by-week, mostly fuelled by large gains on Feb. 10, as traders shifted […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain bids quietly drift lower

Feb. 16, 2023 at 3:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said a relatively milder winter across the Prairies has resulted in less consumption of feed grains in feedlots. In turn, feedlots […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat

Feb. 9, 2023 at 4:31 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s grain stocks as of Dec. 31, was neutral for spring wheat, supportive of durum, and pointed toward barley being somewhat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids edge higher

Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, underpinned by gains in U.S. wheat futures. However, durum bids lost some ground. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by between 10 cents and $5.80 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin