Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Rains boost Prairie grain prospects

Jun. 16, 2022 at 7:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Heavy rains in Alberta and western Saskatchewan over the past week should give grain crops a good start to the growing season — and put some pressure on the feed grain market, which remains at historically high prices after last year’s drought. The rain “will kick the production […]

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat up, durum pulls back

Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:50 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices slip slightly

Jun. 9, 2022 at 6:39 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Canola exports slow to trickle

Jun. 3, 2022 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farmer walks toward an air seeder with a blue sky above.

Feed weekly outlook: Rains forecast for southern Alberta

Jun. 2, 2022 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Talk of Black Sea corridor weighs on week’s bids

May. 27, 2022 at 7:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The prospect of Russia allowing food shipments to leave Ukraine — albeit with a few concessions — was the key factor in declining bids for western Canadian wheat during the week ended Thursday. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko on Wednesday said his country is ready to provide […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Feedlots shopping for new-crop barley

May. 26, 2022 at 2:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While corn imported from the U.S. was the grain of choice for Alberta feedlots for the past few months, feed barley has slowly become more in demand. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., explained that some feedlots were already having their cattle feed […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Wheat far more expensive

May. 19, 2022 at 6:43 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The price for feed wheat is exorbitantly much higher than for barley or corn, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. While price reports into that area’s feedlot alley put feed barley at $465 per tonne and corn at $480, wheat is about $600, he […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

May. 14, 2022 at 10:51 pm CDT

Mumbai | Reuters — India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high. The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj Nigam Prusty rajendra-jadhav

Prairie cash wheat: Bids climb higher

May. 13, 2022 at 8:08 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A rally in U.S. wheat futures together with a downturn in the Canadian dollar combined to take Prairie wheat bids sharply higher during the second week of May. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $40.80-$45 per tonne during the […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin