Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

Feb. 28, 2014 at 2:15 am CST

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) moved lower over the past 10 days as U.S. futures ran into upside resistance. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in at […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 20, 2014 at 1:43 pm CST

CNS Canada — All three U.S. wheat futures markets have posted good gains in recent weeks, after touching contract lows at the end of January. With improvements of 80 cents to a dollar per bushel off of the lows for Minneapolis, Kansas City and Chicago futures, wheat is now in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 18, 2014 at 6:39 pm CST

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat continued to move higher amid the ongoing short-covering rally seen in U.S. wheat futures during the week ending Tuesday. Average spot bids on Tuesday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, […]

By Terryn Shiells

Feb. 12, 2014 at 4:08 pm CST

The reported frontrunner to buy Canada Bread is now officially the Canadian bakery firm’s buyer of choice. Mexico’s Grupo Bimbo on Wednesday announced a cash deal to buy all shares of Canada Bread Co. for $72 per share, or about $1.83 billion, accruing mainly to Canada Bread’s 90 per cent […]

By Staff

Feb. 10, 2014 at 3:46 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie spring red (CPSR) and Canada Western red spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher, following the sharply stronger U.S. wheat futures markets during the week ending Monday. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came […]

By Terryn Shiells