Insights and Stories on Cereals

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 […]

Prairie cash wheat: Prices rise as worldwide stocks fall

Sep. 17, 2021 at 7:07 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: U.S. corn imports to supplement tight supplies

Sep. 16, 2021 at 2:19 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Incoming corn pressures barley, wheat

Sep. 9, 2021 at 7:20 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids mixed, durum jumps

Sep. 3, 2021 at 4:25 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

Feed weekly outlook: Crop estimates show severity of drought

Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:47 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Preliminary crop yield estimates released by Statistics Canada on Monday outlined just how severely the drought in Western Canada cut into production. Mike Fleischhauer, general manager for Eagle Commodities at Lethbridge, Alta., was not at all surprised by the numbers. “I think we knew that was happening all […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Tight supplies underpin oat bids with demand rationing expected

Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:27 pm CDT

Corrected, Sept. 3 — MarketsFarm — Canadian oat prices should remain well supported over the next year given the smaller crop, but some demand will likely back away as buyers look for cheaper alternatives. While most of his customers were still taking delivery on existing contracts and not yet in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Thunder Bay reports rare inbound grain shipment

Sep. 2, 2021 at 7:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Grain movement at the Port of Thunder Bay included a rare inbound cargo of feed wheat, according to the port’s latest monthly report. A 12,000-tonne shipment of feed wheat was delivered to Richardson’s Current River elevator from the company’s facility in Hamilton, Ont. The wheat was said to […]

By MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: No surprises in latest barley numbers

Aug. 26, 2021 at 4:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Following the release of monthly supply and demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Thursday, Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. wasn’t surprised at how low the numbers dropped, particularly for barley. Motz commented the harvest hasn’t been as good as initially thought, noting the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Tax, competition expected to prolong Russian wheat export season

Aug. 23, 2021 at 3:40 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters — Exports of Russian wheat will stretch well into the second half of the season as Moscow’s export tax and tough competition with Ukraine and Romania slow sales until the end of 2021, traders and analysts said. Russia, the world’s largest exporter of wheat, generally sells most […]

By Polina Devitt