Insights and Stories on Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices take a hard hit

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:40 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were down hard for the week ended Thursday. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS), Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) wheats incurred sharp losses as prices tumbled in U.S. markets. Additional pressure came from Statistics Canada’s report on […]

U.S. grains: Wheat surges to one-week high on easing recession fears

Jul. 8, 2022 at 7:21 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices coming down

Jul. 7, 2022 at 6:11 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds four per cent as recession jitters abate

Jul. 7, 2022 at 5:53 pm CDT

By Tom Polansek

CBOT weekly outlook: Speculation, harvests plunge grain prices

Jul. 6, 2022 at 6:57 pm CDT

By Adam Peleshaty

U.S. grains: Corn, soy futures up off multi-month lows

Jul. 6, 2022 at 6:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures rebounded on Wednesday after tumbling to multi-month lows as fears about a global recession fueled liquidation in commodity markets, analysts said. Bargain buying helped support prices following recent sell-offs by funds that were seen as overdone, analysts said. […]

By Tom Polansek

U.S. grains: Futures fall on recession fears, Midwest rains

Jul. 5, 2022 at 7:34 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn, soybean and wheat futures fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday, joining a broad sell-off in crude oil and equity markets tied to fears of a global economic recession and waning demand for commodities, analysts said. Beneficial rains in portions of the U.S. Midwest over […]

By Julie Ingwersen

StatCan raises Canada’s canola plantings from earlier estimate

Jul. 5, 2022 at 2:17 pm CDT

MarketsFarm –– Canadian canola plantings are projected to come in above earlier expectations but would still be well below what was seeded to the crop in 2021, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada released Tuesday. Meanwhile, wheat area in the country is forecast at its highest level in […]

By Adam Peleshaty MarketsFarm

Organic price quotes: Late June

Jul. 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm CDT

Read more: Improved moisture bodes well as organic markets wait on new crop

By OrganicBiz

Improved moisture bodes well as organic markets wait on new crop

Jul. 4, 2022 at 5:09 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin Glacier FarmMedia staff Ample rains across most of the Canadian Prairies this spring bode well for the organic crops in the ground after last year’s drought. Markets are holding relatively steady for both the old and new crop, with little pricing underway as both buyers and sellers […]

By OrganicBiz