Insights and Stories on Cereals

Feed weekly outlook: Old-, new-crop barley prices converge

Aug. 22, 2019 at 7:42 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grains prices have been softening as old-crop and new-crop prices converge during harvest. Tracy Green, a grain broker with Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton, said Feedlot Alley is “well-covered” and waiting for harvest. However, buyers in central Alberta are seeing prices around $237 delivered for old-crop barley. […]

Canada boosts 2019-20 wheat production estimate

Aug. 21, 2019 at 11:49 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Oats market steady, watching harvest

Aug. 19, 2019 at 7:41 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada/U.S. border signage in downtown Detroit.

USDA attache to Canada predicts larger wheat crop

Aug. 16, 2019 at 6:14 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Cash wheat: Bids mixed, watching futures and currency

Aug. 16, 2019 at 5:15 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Winter wheat harvest varies by province

Aug. 15, 2019 at 10:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Depending where a farmer is located, Canada’s winter wheat crop has varied this year. Ontario has long been the country’s powerhouse for winter wheat. Statistics Canada projected the province’s farmers to seed just over one million acres this year, nearly 75 per cent of Canada’s total winter wheat […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. CFTC says Kraft, Mondelez to pay $16M in wheat price manipulation case

Aug. 15, 2019 at 9:47 pm CDT

Reuters — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Thursday Kraft Heinz and Mondelez International will have to pay US$16 million in penalty regarding a wheat manipulation case that dates back to 2015. Kraft Heinz, which was Kraft Foods until 2015, and snack food firm Mondelez bought $90 […]

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: No long-term shortage expected

Aug. 15, 2019 at 8:15 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Waiting for the 2019 harvest to roll in is the only factor that could create a feed shortage, according to Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. “As far as things look today, I don’t see a reason to be concerned about a feed shortage. If anything […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Feed weekly outlook: Varying yields make for average crop

Aug. 9, 2019 at 7:38 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Feed grain crop yields are expected to be about average across the Prairies as harvest has kicked off. “It appears we’ll have somewhat of an average crop, with a bunch of high-yield areas and a bunch of low yield areas averaged together,” said Jim Beusekom, president of Market […]

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

Cash wheat: Prices stronger in varying degrees

Aug. 9, 2019 at 7:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were generally up for the week ended Aug. 8, with gains in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats in all locations. Durum (CWAD) was either side of steady, depending on location. The Canadian dollar was down by […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm