Insights and Stories on Cereals

Wheat disease risk sees farmers looking to oats

Feb. 27, 2017 at 6:41 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are showing an increased interest in seeding oats this spring, despite a lack of activity from a pricing standpoint, as quality concerns in wheat and barley have growers looking to other cereals. “We are seeing a huge influx of acres into oats,” said Scott Shiels, […]

Canada Bread to shut Beauce-region bakery

Feb. 25, 2017 at 12:23 am CST

By Staff

Italy’s pasta labeling plan raises Canadian concerns

Feb. 15, 2017 at 4:16 pm CST

By Isla Binnie Rod Nickel

‘Mini-harvest’ likely to weigh on feed grains

Feb. 14, 2017 at 4:41 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Durum acres to decline in 2017

Feb. 3, 2017 at 7:44 pm CST

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan canola stocks in line with expectations

Feb. 3, 2017 at 11:16 am CST

CNS Canada –– Canadian canola stocks may be tighter than a year ago and wheat stocks larger — but the updated numbers from Statistics Canada may also need more asterisks than normal. StatsCan, in a report released Friday, pegged Canadian canola supplies as of Dec. 31 at 12.159 million tonnes, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Four food firms said preparing bids for Weetabix

Jan. 28, 2017 at 2:06 am CST

London | Reuters — The third-biggest U.S. cereal company, Post Holdings, and the U.K.’s Associated British Foods are among a group of four bidders vying for British cereal brand Weetabix, sources familiar with the matter said Friday. The 84-year-old business could fetch at least 1.5 billion pounds (C$2.48 billion), based […]

By Martinne Geller Pamela Barbaglia

Canada’s oat acres look to rise in 2017

Jan. 25, 2017 at 7:30 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Canadian oat acres will likely be up in 2017, as relatively favourable cash prices draw in interest from producers, according to an oats merchandiser. Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) oat futures have climbed sharply higher over the past month, but are still trading at a discount to […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed wheat, barley surplus could last until summer

Jan. 25, 2017 at 7:20 pm CST

CNS Canada — Supplies of feed wheat and barley in Western Canada continue to compete for a home in Lethbridge’s feedlot alley. For the past few months markets have been grinding lower due to the large volumes of low-quality feed and other grains that are being unloaded by farmers. At […]

By Dave Sims

U.S. farmers cut winter wheat acres to 108-year low

Jan. 12, 2017 at 12:56 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — U.S. farmers slashed their winter wheat plantings to the lowest in more than a century as supplies of the grain ballooned to a 29-year high, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Thursday. USDA also dialed back its harvest estimates for the U.S. soybean and corn crops but […]

By Mark Weinraub