Insights and Stories on Cereals

Mar. 18, 2025 at 10:45 am CDT

Reciprocal tariffs from Canada and Mexico may raise costs and limit export opportunities for U.S. barley growers, at a time when beer demand is also falling.

By Heather Schlitz, Reuters

Mar. 13, 2025 at 12:01 pm CDT

Ongoing tariff uncertainty continues to curtail demand in the feed sector across the Canadian Prairies, said broker Evan Peterson of JGL Commodities in Saskatoon.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 11, 2025 at 4:59 pm CDT

No change was the central theme to the March supply and demand report from the United States Department of Agriculture issued on March 11. In most categories of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), the USDA kept the same data as in its February report.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 7, 2025 at 3:04 pm CST

Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and amber durum were mixed during the week ended March 6. Declines in the United States wheat complex weighed on Prairie cash prices, as did a stronger Canadian dollar.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Mar. 6, 2025 at 3:22 pm CST

As oat futures fluctuate on the Chicago Board of Trade, they remain rangebound, said Progressive Ag analyst Tom Lilja in Fargo, N.D. However, to Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask. there’s a disconnect between those futures and cash prices for oats.

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm