Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market stable heading into New Year

Dec. 19, 2019 at 11:52 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian feed grain markets are showing some stability heading into the New Year, as buyers have generally booked coverage over the holiday season. “Everybody is just waiting to see what will happen,” said Mike Fleischhauer of Eagle Commodities in Lethbridge. While large amounts of tough grain were […]

Confluence of bullish news sends wheat futures higher

Dec. 16, 2019 at 7:05 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Mid-December bids mixed

Dec. 13, 2019 at 8:25 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Grains pressured by lower demand

Dec. 12, 2019 at 7:51 pm CST

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS prices up, durum largely down

Dec. 6, 2019 at 3:59 pm CST

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Purchases delayed as prices steady, supplies ample

Dec. 5, 2019 at 5:57 pm CST

MarketsFarm — With good supplies available, don’t expect to see much movement in prices for feed wheat and barley over the next several months, according to Nelson Neumann. Neumann, senior trader for Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta., said barley currently was around $223 per tonne Lethbridge delivered and wheat was […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Improved basis underpins bids

Nov. 29, 2019 at 7:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, as basis levels improved in most locations. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mixed during the week, with a steady to softer tone in Manitoba while Saskatchewan and […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Firm Prairie market leveling off

Nov. 28, 2019 at 3:28 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Logistics issues moving grain where it needs to be in Western Canada continue to prop up feed prices, but the market is starting to level off, according to a broker. “We are seeing a bit of a shortage of trucks,” said Tracy Green of Market Master Ltd. in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

KFC tests plant-based ‘fried chicken’ in Ontario

Nov. 27, 2019 at 7:25 pm CST

Fast-food chicken chain KFC is collecting feedback from a one-day, one-store test of a new Canadian-made plant-based “fried chicken” product for the Canadian market. The Canadian arm of the Yum Brands-owned chain set up a “limited” test run for what it calls KFC Plant-Based Fried Chicken at its 6055 Creditview […]

By GFM Staff

Prairie cash wheat: Soft Minneapolis futures weigh on bids

Nov. 22, 2019 at 8:08 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were lower during the week ended Thursday, pressured by losses in U.S. futures. Hard red spring prices saw the largest drop, as Minneapolis futures trended lower despite adverse weather conditions across the U.S. Plains that helped underpin Chicago and Kansas City winter wheats. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin