Insights and Stories on Canadian Wheat

Cigi, Cereals Canada agree to pursue amalgamation

Jun. 28, 2019 at 5:22 pm CDT

The boards of the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and Cereals Canada have agreed to pursue amalgamation by March 31, 2020. That’s if a proposal, yet to be developed, is approved by the two bodies’ member organizations, leaders Dean Dias and Cam Dahl, said Friday in separate interviews. “During the […]

Canadian wheat sales to China hit 14-year high despite dispute

Jun. 6, 2019 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Rod Nickel

Australia to import first wheat in 12 years as drought bites

May. 15, 2019 at 2:06 am CDT

By Colin Packham

Japan resumes Canadian wheat purchases

Jul. 20, 2018 at 11:08 am CDT

By Reuters

South Korea lifts suspension on Canadian wheat sales

Jun. 26, 2018 at 3:58 am CDT

By Reuters

Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

Jun. 21, 2018 at 5:12 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A Japanese ban on Canadian wheat might eventually push more wheat into feed markets, but traders say that’s not happening so far. Japan, Canada’s No. 2 wheat buyer after the U.S., instituted the ban last Friday after genetically modified wheat was discovered growing in Alberta. GM wheat […]

By Terry Fries

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

Jun. 18, 2018 at 10:26 am CDT

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after Canadian officials announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in southern Alberta. “We will only allow sale of wheat products that are confirmed not to contain unapproved […]

By Reuters

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

Jun. 15, 2018 at 11:23 am CDT

Tokyo/Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan’s farm ministry said Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday the wheat containing a genetically modified trait, developed by […]

By Rod Nickel Yuka Obayashi

U.S. wheat stocks bigger than expected, trade watching weather

May. 10, 2018 at 6:17 pm CDT

CNS Canada — A larger-than-expected wheat ending stocks forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture weighed on the country’s wheat futures Thursday, with attention now squarely on weather conditions. The government agency pegged wheat carryout for the upcoming 2018-19 marketing year at 955 million bushels, about 30 million above average […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

U.S. soybean, wheat ending stocks seen up as exports fall

Dec. 12, 2017 at 2:52 pm CST

Washington | Reuters — Stockpiles of U.S. soybeans and wheat are expected to rise due to lower export demand amid heightened competition from rival global suppliers, government data on Tuesday showed. In a monthly supply and demand report, the U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) raised its ending stocks forecast for domestic […]

By Mark Weinraub

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