Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

Jun. 30, 2014 at 5:57 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) moved lower during the week ended June 30, with CWRS bids falling below the $5 a bushel mark. Losses seen in U.S. wheat futures after a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jun. 16, 2014 at 4:07 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) were weaker during the week ended Monday, dropping $10 a tonne. Much of the weakness was linked to spillover pressure from sharply lower U.S. wheat futures markets. Average spot bids for CWRS […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jun. 11, 2014 at 5:34 pm CDT

CNS Canada — ICE durum futures on Wednesday saw some trade activity for the first time since Feb. 14, 2013, with five October contracts changing hands at weaker prices. The contract dropped $12 per tonne, to settle at $230. This comes just one day after ICE barley contracts saw new […]

By Terryn Shiells

Jun. 9, 2014 at 4:36 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat edged higher during the week ended Monday, as U.S. futures saw a corrective bounce off nearby lows. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Jun. 6, 2014 at 11:20 am CDT

Six months ago, panic made many farmers jump and sell low-priced grain at historically wide basis levels First, let’s review what was happening six months ago. Cold snowy weather backlogged logistics, but problems started months before that, in late summer and early fall. World buyers were buying little grain from […]

By Brian Wittal