Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grain prices a mixed bag

Nov. 1, 2019 at 9:08 am CDT

MarketsFarm – Feed grain prices reflected the mixed bag of harvest conditions across the Prairies, which produced feed grains of varying quality. In particular, for feed wheat that came off the fields dry and in good condition, prices were around C$5.50 per bushel. However, there’s about a 50-cent discount for […]

Prairie oats market stable, but strong

Oct. 28, 2019 at 4:32 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dried Ear of Cereal crop in studio isolated against white background.

Western Canadian wheat bids mostly lower

Oct. 28, 2019 at 10:12 am CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Crop, field conditions to determine what’s feed

Oct. 24, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Cash wheat bids: Red spring gains, durum eases

Oct. 18, 2019 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Cash wheat bids: CWRS up with U.S. futures, improved basis

Oct. 11, 2019 at 9:02 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, with gains in some classes and losses in others as the domestic market reacted to adverse harvest weather and mixed activity in U.S. futures. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain market finding a bottom

Oct. 9, 2019 at 5:50 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — The western Canadian feed grain market is showing signs of finding a bottom, as buyers wait to get a better handle on the quality of grain still unharvested across the Prairies. Feed barley is currently trading at around $200 per tonne in southern Alberta, while feed wheat bids […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

Oct. 8, 2019 at 7:11 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Iraq replaces state grain agency’s chief

Oct. 8, 2019 at 4:11 am CDT

Baghdad/Dubai | Reuters — Iraq, a major Middle East wheat and rice importer, has replaced the head of its state grain buying agency, government sources and a document showed on Tuesday. Naeem al-Maksousi was replaced by Hassanein Mahdi Elwan, a document reviewed by Reuters showed. The reason for the replacement, […]

By Reuters

Prairie cash wheat: CWRS down, durum up

Oct. 5, 2019 at 4:04 am CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats saw losses, while Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) saw gains. The Canadian dollar was higher for most of the past week, topping off at […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm