Insights and Stories on Cereals

U.S. spring wheat, durum expected to surge

Jul. 12, 2018 at 8:02 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Data released today from the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service showed large expected increases in spring wheat and durum production this year. Spring wheat production in the country, not including durum, is forecast at 614 million bushels, up 48 per cent from 2017. Of that, 584 million […]

J.M. Smucker to sell U.S. baking brands

Jul. 9, 2018 at 5:07 pm CDT

By Reuters

AMIS adjusts world grain production outlooks

Jul. 7, 2018 at 12:04 am CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie market focused on weather

Jul. 5, 2018 at 4:35 pm CDT

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

StatsCan: Canola area narrows, wheat sowings expand

Jun. 29, 2018 at 9:15 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

Feed weekly outlook: Producers watching skies for signals

Jun. 28, 2018 at 8:18 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Farmers and traders are keeping a watchful eye on the weather trying to sort out feed grain supplies. “This time of year, it’s a weather market and weather has been improving in much of Saskatchewan and in some of the more critically dry areas. They got a […]

By Terry Fries

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

Jun. 26, 2018 at 3:58 am CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea’s food ministry on Tuesday said it had lifted a temporary suspension on sales of Canadian wheat as it had not discovered any unapproved genetically modified strains during tests on imports. South Korea suspended sales of Canadian wheat last week after Canada announced the discovery […]

By Reuters

Wheat shipment halt seen as temporary

Jun. 23, 2018 at 2:28 am CDT

Wheat sales are expected to soon resume to Japan and South Korea. Both nations suspended Canadian wheat imports following the June 15 announcement that Canada had discovered several genetically modified (GM) wheat plants in southern Alberta. But both are expected to come back to the market shortly, while exports to […]

By Allan Dawson

Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

Jun. 21, 2018 at 5:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A Japanese ban on Canadian wheat might eventually push more wheat into feed markets, but traders say that’s not happening so far. Japan, Canada’s No. 2 wheat buyer after the U.S., instituted the ban last Friday after genetically modified wheat was discovered growing in Alberta. GM wheat […]

By Terry Fries

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

Jun. 18, 2018 at 10:26 am CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after Canadian officials announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in southern Alberta. “We will only allow sale of wheat products that are confirmed not to contain unapproved […]

By Reuters