Insights and Stories on CWRS

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger loonie sends bids down

Apr. 14, 2023 at 8:12 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — A rising Canadian dollar helped lower western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday despite an array of supportive factors. As the central and southern U.S. Plains deal with severe drought in winter wheat-growing areas, a large snowpack in the northern Plains threatens to delay spring wheat […]

Prairie cash wheat: Bids drift lower

Apr. 6, 2023 at 10:49 am CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Reds higher, durum dips

Mar. 31, 2023 at 8:08 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring wheats gain ground, durum dips

Mar. 17, 2023 at 8:22 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures drag down wheat bids

Mar. 10, 2023 at 8:15 pm CST

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip with U.S. futures

Mar. 4, 2023 at 12:38 am CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada posted losses during the week ended Thursday, underpinned as losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $3.50-$8.10 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Durum rises, red spring falls back

Feb. 25, 2023 at 7:33 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies saw the red spring varieties take a hit during the week ended Thursday, while durum made gains. There were sharp declines in the U.S. wheat complex, which weighed on Canadian cash prices while a weaker dollar helped to stymie further losses. Despite […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

Prairie cash wheat: Little change in wheat bids

Feb. 17, 2023 at 6:40 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Despite bullish factors affecting wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), western Canadian wheat bids did not see much change during the week ended Thursday. Futures prices for all three major U.S. varieties increased week-by-week, mostly fuelled by large gains on Feb. 10, as traders shifted […]

By Adam Peleshaty

Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids edge higher

Feb. 3, 2023 at 8:11 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly higher during the week ended Thursday, underpinned by gains in U.S. wheat futures. However, durum bids lost some ground. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by between 10 cents and $5.80 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed as U.S. futures rise

Jan. 27, 2023 at 8:30 pm CST

MarketsFarm — Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Western Amber Durum wheat prices declined while bids for Canada Prairie Spring Red rose during the week ended Jan. 26. Wheat futures in the U.S. fell Monday, with the March contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) dropping 21 to 29 […]

By Adam Peleshaty