Insights and Stories on Cereals

Heat LQ cleared for pre-harvest use in wheat, barley

Aug. 17, 2017 at 2:20 pm CDT

Wheat, durum and barley growers have a new pre-harvest herbicide option now that BASF has received Codex maximum residue limits (MRLs) for its product Heat LQ. While “there were probably some wheat acres already harvested,” according to Dan Packer, BASF’s cereals crop manager, this agreement will provide an additional pre-harvest […]

Canadian wheat bids decline with U.S. futures, but basis improves

Aug. 4, 2017 at 3:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Dried Ear of Cereal crop in studio isolated against white background.

Asian taste for western diet boosts Australian wheat

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

Malt barley outlook promising, but harvest quality will be key

Aug. 2, 2017 at 2:56 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

Durum forecasters predict steady and strong market

Aug. 1, 2017 at 2:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada – For farmers able to nurse their durum across the finish line this harvest, prices in the winter could make it worth their while. Withering heat and dry conditions have taken a toll on durum yields, especially in southern regions of the Prairies, but analysts like John Duvenaud […]

By Terry Fries

Canadian wheat decline with U.S. futures, rising loonie

Jul. 31, 2017 at 3:33 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended July 28, as declines in the US futures and strength in the Canadian dollar both weighed on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

Jul. 27, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and […]

By Staff

Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

Jul. 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm CDT

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

Jul. 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel