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Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

Jul. 29, 2015 at 3:01 pm CDT

(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting […]

Above-average wheat yields in southern North Dakota

Jul. 28, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

CWB tour pegs wheat at 38.9 bushels

Jul. 24, 2015 at 12:13 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:01 am CDT

By Rod Nickel

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Jul. 20, 2015 at 1:20 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Farmers play last card in planned CWB class action

Jul. 13, 2015 at 8:39 pm CDT

One claim remaining from an unsuccessful bid at a class action suit by four Prairie farmers, over payouts to producers from the former Canadian Wheat Board, will be the farmers’ basis for a new filing. The four farmers, whose previous proposed class action was dismissed with costs in April by […]

By Staff

CWRS bids mixed, CPSR weakens with U.S. futures

Jul. 13, 2015 at 6:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids were mixed during the week ended Friday, as prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan followed U.S. futures lower, but basis levels in Alberta saw some improvements due to unfavourable dry growing conditions. Average CWRS wheat prices were anywhere from […]

By Terryn Shiells

CPSR wheat breeding program adopts ‘4-P’ model

Jul. 9, 2015 at 3:10 am CDT

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s breeding program for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat in Alberta is picking up new investment partners. AAFC, Canterra Seeds and the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) on Wednesday announced they would jointly contribute $3.4 million over five years to Dr. Harpinder Randhawa’s CPSR breeding program at […]

By Staff

Wheat near done flowering, prices could also bloom

Jul. 8, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Weather-related issues ranging from floods to drought have been putting wheat crops at risk globally, bringing potential for prices to move higher. Traders are watching to see how the crop in Canada will shape up, given recent dryness in the West, according to Jonathon Driedger, senior market […]

By Jade Markus

Prairie wheat bids mostly higher with U.S. futures

Jul. 6, 2015 at 5:46 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Cash bids for western Canadian wheat were mostly higher during the week ended Friday, with gains in U.S. futures providing some support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were anywhere from C$2 per tonne lower to as much as $10 per tonne higher, with bids […]