Insights and Stories on Cereals

Canada’s small, high-protein malt barley crop poses challenges

Oct. 21, 2021 at 4:24 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The hot and dry 2021 growing season cut significantly into Canada’s barley production, with the weather also leading to higher protein levels for what was harvested. “It will be an extremely tight and difficult year for the malt processors and ultimately for the brewers as well,” said Peter […]

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS bids up with U.S. futures

Oct. 15, 2021 at 6:18 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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

Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Shortages leading to price increases

Oct. 7, 2021 at 5:26 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as harvest comes to close

Oct. 1, 2021 at 7:00 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

Sep. 30, 2021 at 4:01 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat production in the United States was down sharply in 2021, according to the latest annual small grains report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total spring wheat production was pegged at 9.01 million tonnes by the government agency, down 44 per cent from the 15.99 million […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Canadian markets firm, waiting on U.S. corn

Sep. 29, 2021 at 7:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian feed grain bids remain strong, although end-users are only buying on a hand-to-mouth basis as they await an influx of cheaper corn imports from the U.S. “Everybody is waiting on the corn situation to figure out where we’ll go,” said Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Gains in prices vary by type

Sep. 24, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were higher for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD), Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats. Gains in most of the U.S. wheat markets led to the increases, which were tempered somewhat by a stronger […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Harvest lowers wheat, barley prices

Sep. 23, 2021 at 5:10 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — With the hot and dry summer of 2021 now in the rearview mirror, the higher-than-normal prices for Alberta feed wheat and barley are starting to taper off as combining nears completion. “I think what we’ve been seeing for feed barley prices in (southern Alberta) is anywhere from $380 […]

By Adam Peleshaty

CBOT oats climb on supply woes

Sep. 23, 2021 at 12:59 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade December oats futures climbed their daily maximum of 25 cents per bushel on Wednesday, nearing a 7-1/2 hear high, after drought slashed supplies from top global supplier Canada at a time of robust demand for the grain, traders said. The December oats […]

By Julie Ingwersen