Insights and Stories on Cereals

Organic grain firm picks up elevator near border

Oct. 4, 2017 at 5:41 pm CDT

A Minneapolis startup in the organic grain business has bought a northwestern North Dakota elevator that further expands its southern Prairie catchment. Pipeline Foods — which has hung out its shingle as a buyer of organic, non-GMO wheat, pulses and oats for food and feed — announced Tuesday it has […]

Oat prices keep firm as harvest rolls in

Oct. 3, 2017 at 7:58 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Minneapolis wheat trends lower, more losses likely

Oct. 3, 2017 at 7:29 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Alberta wheat, barley groups test merged management

Sep. 27, 2017 at 8:23 pm CDT

By Staff

Feed barley market firms with weak production numbers

Sep. 19, 2017 at 6:23 pm CDT

By Dave Sims

Canadian canola deliveries reported near record

Sep. 16, 2017 at 11:29 am CDT

CNS Canada — Canola remains the cash-flow king of the Prairies, with farmers making near record deliveries off the combine in the Canadian Grain Commission’s latest weekly report. A total of 627,000 tonnes of canola were delivered into the commercial system during the week ended Sept. 10, which would mark […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Winter cereal growers in holding pattern as clouds loom

Sep. 14, 2017 at 7:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Dry conditions in southern areas of Saskatchewan and Alberta are limiting winter cereal seeding so far, as farmers wait for rain. But that’s not the best strategy, according to Cordon Geisam, the southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Alberta territorial manager for FP Genetics, a Regina-based seed company that […]

By Terry Fries

Prairie wheat commissions to collaborate on research funding

Aug. 22, 2017 at 7:34 pm CDT

The Prairie provinces’ three wheat commissions are set to take a team approach to research funding through a new not-for-profit body. The Alberta Wheat Commission, Sask Wheat and the Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association on Tuesday announced the formation of the Canadian Wheat Research Coalition (CWRC) to “facilitate long-term […]

By Staff

U.S. seeks WTO dispute panel on China’s grain import quotas

Aug. 21, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The United States has requested a World Trade Organization panel be set up to investigate Chinese tariff-rate quotas (TRQ) for agricultural products, the WTO said on Monday, setting up a showdown between the two largest economies. The row, which includes tariffs for wheat, rice, and corn, […]

By Reuters

Pushing the boundaries of intercropping

Aug. 18, 2017 at 9:28 am CDT

There are some unusual crop combinations springing up southwest of Melita. Experimental intercrops are among the Westman Agricultural Diversification Organization (WADO) projects this year, including flax intercropped with soybeans and hemp intercropped with legumes. Pea-canola, an emerging combination already used on some Manitoba farms, and the already established wheat-legume mix […]

By Alexis Stockford