Insights and Stories on Spring Wheat

Mar. 17, 2014 at 5:41 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) and Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher over the past week, as weather worries in the U.S. Plains and uncertainty over Black Sea grain movement boosted U.S. futures. Average spot bids on Monday for CWRS […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 10, 2014 at 4:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved higher over the past week, with continued strength in the U.S. futures providing some support. Average spot bids on Monday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Mar. 4, 2014 at 2:02 am CST

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian cash bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) moved higher over the past week, with a bounce in U.S. futures behind much of the strength. Average spot bids on Monday for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

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