Insights and Stories on Wheat Exports

Wheat, durum exports running behind average

Jan. 27, 2017 at 6:45 pm CST

CNS Canada — Canadian wheat and durum exports are running well behind the year-ago pace, despite the country’s larger production. Canadian wheat exports during the crop-year-to-date of 6.56 million tonnes compare with 8.12 million at the same point a year ago and the five-year average for week 25 of the […]

Iran now self-sufficient in wheat, president says

Sep. 22, 2016 at 7:16 pm CDT

By Reuters

Russia muscling into rivals’ wheat markets

Aug. 25, 2016 at 1:38 pm CDT

By Polina Devitt

Lack of grain storage seen as record Russian crop looms

Aug. 16, 2016 at 4:49 pm CDT

By Reuters

Grain consortium lobbying hard for Australia’s biggest wheat exporter

Mar. 4, 2016 at 9:50 am CST

By Cecile Lefort Colin Packham

Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt re-exported to Europe

Mar. 3, 2016 at 5:03 pm CST

Abu Dhabi | Reuters — A shipment of Canadian wheat rejected in Egypt over concerns it contained traces of ergot has been re-exported to Europe after Egypt’s agricultural quarantine rejected a petition from the supplier, trade sources said Thursday. Egypt’s quarantine authority has rejected a series of wheat shipments over […]

By maha-el-dahan

U.S. wheat futures could be scraping bottom

Feb. 11, 2016 at 4:09 pm CST

CNS Canada — A general downtrend in U.S. wheat futures remains in place, with all three markets hitting fresh contract lows over the past week. However, there may not be much more room to the downside, according to an analyst. “The (U.S. Department of Agriculture) reports on Tuesday (Feb. 9) […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Russia now expected to leave grain tax scheme intact

Jan. 29, 2016 at 12:07 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, is not expected to change its current regime of taxes on grain exports, sources said on Friday, following proposals to change them. Concerns over the possibility of tougher limits on Russia’s foreign sales of wheat sent global prices […]

By Michael Hogan Polina Devitt

Lower loonie helps farmers, but only so much

Jan. 27, 2016 at 6:17 pm CST

CNS Canada — The slumping price of oil continues to weigh on the Canadian dollar, while at the same time providing a boost to Canadian grain prices. Out-of-country buyers tend to more attracted to Canadian grain and wheat when the loonie is low, as they can get more product for […]

By Dave Sims

Russian ministry proposes reducing wheat export tax

Dec. 21, 2015 at 6:25 pm CST

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry has proposed that the government reduce or cancel its wheat export tax due to rouble volatility and a decline in global wheat benchmarks, the Interfax news agency reported, citing first deputy minister Evgenii Gromyko. The rouble has lost about six per cent against […]

By Reuters

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