Insights and Stories on Durum

Mar. 26, 2015 at 7:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Durum prices in Western Canada are under pressure as other countries’ new durum crops are just around the corner and end-users are well covered. “We have new-crop French and Spanish durum coming on here in a couple months, and the Mexican crop as well,” said Jerry Klassen, […]

By Terryn Shiells

Feb. 23, 2015 at 4:38 pm CST

Winnipeg | CNS Canada — Since North America and Australia both produced poor-quality durum crops in 2014-15, all eyes are on Mexico, the U.S. desert, Europe and North Africa to come up with some higher-quality product. And so far, most crops in those areas look fairly good, Alan Hegemeier, a […]

By Terryn Shiells

Feb. 19, 2015 at 6:28 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Good-quality durum has enjoyed large premiums over other wheat classes this past year, but opportunities for any unpriced durum still left to sell may be getting harder to find, as attention turns to large global new-crop projections. Durum prices today are topping out at about $9.75 per […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 6, 2014 at 3:53 pm CST

CNS – CWB, formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board, has raised Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for durum, wheat and canola in its latest report. They noted it is a special mid-term outlook, due to market changes since the previous report released on October 23. PROs were higher for all three […]

By MarketsFarm Team