Insights and Stories on Cereals

Yorkton, Sask. oat plant moves on major expansion

Mar. 27, 2017 at 8:05 pm CDT

U.S. processing firm Grain Millers Inc. is pressing ahead on the second phase of a previously announced expansion at its Yorkton, Sask. oat processing plant. The company on Friday announced the “initiation” of the second phase of the expansion, which overall is expected to cost $100 million and boost the […]

Ontario cereals lab filling nationwide demand

Mar. 23, 2017 at 5:19 pm CDT

By John Greig

Speculation shrouds grain demand, rejections from Egypt

Mar. 17, 2017 at 8:14 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Ameropa to shut malting barley trading firm Interbrau

Mar. 16, 2017 at 3:09 pm CDT

By Reuters

Durum lacks momentum ahead of competing harvests

Mar. 14, 2017 at 7:15 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Feed market awaits influx of spring-threshed grains

Mar. 14, 2017 at 7:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As spring slowly approaches, western Canadian feed dealers are warily eyeing the amount of grain that may be left over on Prairie fields. “There’s a bit of concern about how much spring-threshed grain we may see here in the next few weeks,” said Allan Pirness of Market […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. wheat market watching weather closely

Mar. 14, 2017 at 6:44 pm CDT

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures posted sharp losses over the past few weeks, but values found support on Tuesday as weather forecasts provide nearby direction, according to an analyst. Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat contracts lost roughly US30-40 cents per bushel over the past month, as ample world supplies […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada Bread buys into organic craft bread market

Mar. 7, 2017 at 5:49 pm CST

A Toronto baking firm that grows and contracts its own organic grains in eastern Ontario is going to be an entry point in the craft bread market for Canada Bread. Canada Bread, the Canadian arm of Mexican baking giant Grupo Bimbo, announced Monday it had completed its deal to buy […]

By Staff

Egyptians protest over fears of bread subsidy cuts

Mar. 7, 2017 at 4:53 pm CST

Alexandria, Egypt | Reuters — Hundreds of Egyptians protested around the country on Tuesday, blocking roads and surrounding government offices, after a change to the way bread rations are managed raised fears that the government was cutting food subsidies by the back door. Bread subsidies are an explosive issue in […]

By Ahmed Abd Elkawey Haitham El Sheikh

India considering reinstating wheat import tax

Mar. 1, 2017 at 2:07 pm CST

New Delhi | Reuters –– India could impose a 25 per cent import tax on wheat by the middle of March, two government sources said on Wednesday, reinstating the tariff after a gap of nearly three months in response to recent large purchases from overseas. India, the world’s second-biggest wheat […]

By Mayank Bhardwaj