Insights and Stories on Crops

Final CWB payments for 2008-09 get green light

Dec. 14, 2009 at 12:47 am CST

Final payments to Prairie farmers for wheat, durum, malting barley and Pool B feed barley for the 2008-09 crop year will turn up in farmers’ bank accounts starting Monday, the Canadian Wheat Board said. The CWB announced Friday that it was now issuing the final payments, which represent the remainder […]

Sask. making office space for AgriStability

Dec. 11, 2009 at 6:59 pm CST

Wittal: Weather pushes U.S. corn higher

Dec. 11, 2009 at 6:21 pm CST

By Brian Wittal

Buhler products to consolidate under two brands

Dec. 11, 2009 at 4:55 pm CST

Critics rip size of CWB’s CashPlus payout

Dec. 11, 2009 at 3:42 pm CST

Drozd: Canadian dollar fails to reach par

Dec. 11, 2009 at 2:31 pm CST

Dec. 10 — The Canadian dollar was supposed to go par. At least this was the hype when the market peaked at US97.98 cents on Oct. 15. When a commodity makes the headlines of major newspapers and magazines, it is often a tell-tale sign that it is near the end […]

By David Drozd

Competition for canola crop seen heating up

Dec. 11, 2009 at 2:09 pm CST

(Resource News International) — Competition for Canada’s canola crop is expected to increase significantly between domestic processors and the country’s canola exporters in 2010, industry officials said. “As more and more domestic processors come on line, the battle between the export and domestic sector is going to heat up and […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Wittal: USDA South American figures higher than expected

Dec. 10, 2009 at 6:02 pm CST

December 10, 2009 Market Update Outside markets rebounded a little today while grains were mixed after a lacklustre USDA crop production report. Financial markets finished up slightly with gold up $5.30 to close at $1125.80. The U.S. dollar was basically unchanged today and the energy sector was mixed with crude […]

By Brian Wittal

Prairie feed wheat bids consolidating

Dec. 10, 2009 at 4:19 pm CST

(Resource News International) –– Feed wheat cash bids in Western Canada have been consolidating at current levels, although the trend has been to the upside. “Much of the upward movement that has been seen in feed wheat is being linked to the change in the weather and to some extent […]

By Dwayne Klassen

Wittal: Markets await USDA production reports Thursday

Dec. 9, 2009 at 5:11 pm CST

Reports this week will be short and to the point as I am on a beach in Ixtapa and have limited Internet resources to do much for research beyond the basics, plus I want to get back to the sun and sand and cerveza as fast as possible. I will […]

By Brian Wittal