Insights and Stories on Cereals

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids higher, activity choppy

Feb. 25, 2022 at 7:23 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday as gains in U.S. futures and a weaker tone in the Canadian dollar provided support. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine contributed to gains in wheat futures, but the volatile situation led to large price swings in […]

Feed weekly outlook: Prices steady, but changes coming

Feb. 24, 2022 at 6:31 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring up, durum pulls back

Feb. 18, 2022 at 6:52 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Big demand lacking for barley, wheat

Feb. 17, 2022 at 7:00 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids rally on tightening supplies, drought

Feb. 11, 2022 at 2:04 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Corn seeing higher prices, transportation delays

Feb. 10, 2022 at 7:20 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Corn has become the primary feed grain in Alberta feedlots due to its lower price compared to barley and wheat. However, rising corn prices in the U.S. and transportation issues are causing some buyers to give pause. “Basic levels are a little bit stronger. (Add in) the exchange […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Alberta blockade affects feed grain deliveries

Feb. 2, 2022 at 10:41 pm CST

MarketsFarm — A truck blockade at a Canada-U.S. border crossing at Coutts, Alta. has caused some headaches for grain buyers in southern parts of the province. Since Saturday, commercial trucks and other vehicles have blocked Highway 4, a 103-km stretch which runs from the border to Lethbridge, to protest COVID-19 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed amid conflicting influences

Jan. 28, 2022 at 7:05 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids across Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $7.60-$11.60 per tonne, according to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Markets facing uncertainty

Jan. 27, 2022 at 9:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grain markets in Western Canada are facing some uncertainty amid tight domestic supplies and reports of transportation issues bringing up corn from the United States. “It’s very strange,” said Susanne Leclerc of MarketMaster Ltd. in Alberta. “You see stories like that (reporting on feedlots running low on […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Status quo for now, but change coming

Jan. 20, 2022 at 4:26 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Feed grains in Western Canada have been holding close to the status quo for the last little while, but that’s likely to change, according to Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge. He pointed to increases in corn and wheat this week in U.S. futures markets, in […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm