Insights and Stories on Cereals

Ample world malt barley supply to limit export prices

Sep. 13, 2019 at 7:06 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian malt barley growers may be dealing with adverse harvest conditions that could lead to quality downgrades in some areas — while world supplies of the key beer ingredient remain more than sufficient to meet global demand. “There’s no real indication at this time that we’ll see a […]

Global wheat production to decrease, USDA says

Sep. 13, 2019 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

As harvest drags on, malt barley quality uncertain

Sep. 11, 2019 at 7:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bouncing back, reducing need for corn

Sep. 6, 2019 at 8:47 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie wheat bids edge lower

Sep. 6, 2019 at 6:36 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

wheat being loaded onto a bulk vessel at port in Russia.

Brazil expected to introduce tariff-free wheat import quota from 2020

Sep. 3, 2019 at 12:34 pm CDT

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazil is expected to introduce a tariff-free wheat import quota of 750,000 tonnes per year starting from 2020, the president of the country’s wheat industry group Abitrigo, Rubens Barbosa, said on Tuesday. Brazil announced the opening of the tariff-free wheat import quota earlier this year […]

By roberto-samora

Cash wheat: Western Canadian bids mixed

Aug. 30, 2019 at 10:05 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Thursday. Small gains and marginal losses were observed in CWRS, CPSR and durum wheats. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $3-$5 per tonne at most locations. The outlier was […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: New-crop expectations weigh on bids

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada have trended lower over the past month amid expectations for large barley production and concerns over possible downgrades to wheat quality. “We’ve definitely seen (barley prices) soften up quite a bit,” said grain broker Nelson Neumann of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Large oat production won’t move prices

Aug. 29, 2019 at 7:30 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — While the most recent crop production report from Statistics Canada predicted significantly more oats than originally expected, prices will likely remain stable. Statistics Canada estimated 3.952 million tonnes of oats will be grown in 2019, up considerably from the 3.436 million tonnes produced in 2018. But low carryover […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Western Canada’s cash wheat bids mixed

Aug. 23, 2019 at 2:28 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Thursday, with minute gains and larger losses in CWRS, CWAD and CPSR wheats in all locations. Average CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by 50 cents to down by $1 […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm