Insights and Stories on Cereals

Italy demands origin labels for pasta, rice

Jul. 20, 2017 at 3:15 pm CDT

Rome | Reuters — All packets of pasta and rice sold in Italy will have to include labels of origin showing where the produce was grown, the government ruled on Thursday, a move aimed at protecting local farmers. The agriculture and industry ministers signed a decree ordering the new labelling […]

Prairie wheat, barley commissions’ single checkoffs set

Jul. 7, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT

By Staff

Oats buyers filled for now, watching weather

Jul. 6, 2017 at 8:19 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Klassen: Feeder cattle market enters summer doldrums

Jul. 4, 2017 at 8:51 am CDT

By Jerry Klassen

Confidence seen in oat sector with Richardson deal

Jun. 29, 2017 at 6:47 pm CDT

By Terry Fries

U.S. Plains drought highlights spring wheat supply crunch

Jun. 29, 2017 at 2:31 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Drought conditions in the northern U.S. Plains that have propelled spring wheat prices to a three-year high worsened in the past week and there are forecasts for more hot and dry weather that could crimp the harvest. As the world struggles with a glut of grain […]

By Mark Weinraub

Canada’s Richardson buys European Oat Millers

Jun. 26, 2017 at 7:00 pm CDT

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Richardson International, one of Canada’s largest grain handlers, said Monday it had purchased European Oat Millers in a deal that expands its geographic reach. The acquisition of European Oat Millers, the second-largest oat miller in Europe, closed on June 15, Richardson said in a statement. Both […]

By Rod Nickel

Egypt court ruling revives row over ergot in wheat

Jun. 22, 2017 at 1:44 pm CDT

Cairo | Reuters — A court that ordered the suspension of Egypt’s food inspection system based its ruling in part on the quarantine service’s right to ban grain imports with any trace of the ergot fungus, raising the possibility the contested rule could be restored. The government’s new food inspection […]

By Arwa Gaballa Eric Knecht

Strong demand keeps Prairie feed barley well supported

Jun. 15, 2017 at 3:43 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Feed barley bids remain well supported in Western Canada, as solid demand and reluctant farmer selling keep the market underpinned heading into the summer months. “There is pretty decent demand. I’d say higher than average for this time of year,” said Brandon Motz, sales manager with CorNine […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Spring wheat futures climb to two-year highs

Jun. 9, 2017 at 4:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Spring wheat futures in Minneapolis climbed to their highest levels in nearly two years during the week ended Friday, as weather concerns in major U.S. wheat-growing states provided support. The nearby July contract on Thursday hit a session high of US$6.1775 per bushel, the strongest level for […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin