Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grains come under harvest pressure

Jul. 31, 2020 at 9:30 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Delayed springtime planting pushed back the feed grain harvest. As a result, prices for old crop feed grains are now beginning to converge with new crop prices. “It feels like we’re transitioning towards new crop,” remarked Travis Ebens, a grains trader with CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta. He […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids broadly lower

Jul. 24, 2020 at 7:20 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed

Jul. 17, 2020 at 9:30 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Belated new crop props up barley

Jul. 16, 2020 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Prices to soften as new crop year nears

Jul. 9, 2020 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Saudi Arabia completes first phase of flour mill privatization

Jul. 8, 2020 at 5:45 pm CDT

Dubai/London | Reuters — Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had completed the first batch of its flour milling sector privatization, according to a statement by the state grain buyer and privatization centre. The long-awaited flour mills sale was one of the first privatizations the kingdom planned as part of […]

By maha-el-dahan Saeed Azhar Tom Arnold

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids soften as sector stabilizes

Jul. 2, 2020 at 7:13 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed barley bids in Western Canada have softened over the past two weeks, as some normalcy returns to the feeding sector. Feed barley bids delivered into the key Lethbridge feeding area have come down by $6-$8 per tonne over the past two weeks, with current prices around $240 […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley, wheat price strength may continue

Jun. 23, 2020 at 5:32 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat have remained strong over the last few weeks, according to traders in Alberta and Saskatchewan. “They move up a dollar or two per metric tonne just to keep moving the old crop,” said Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities’ Saskatoon office. “From what […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

‘New’ Cereals Canada names board, chair

Jun. 23, 2020 at 5:16 pm CDT

Alberta farmer Todd Hames was elected Monday as the chair of the board for the recently reconstituted Cereals Canada, at its first-ever annual meeting. The ‘new’ Cereals Canada was created June 1 when it and the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) amalgamated after two years of discussions and the approval […]

By Allan Dawson

Prairie cash wheat: Most bids see gains on the week

Jun. 19, 2020 at 2:07 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat made the strongest gains, as Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) was either side of steady. There were modest increases for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD). Support came from the […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm