Insights and Stories on Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat gains for fourth week on Russia dryness

Jun. 7, 2019 at 4:17 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures notched a fourth weekly gain on Friday — even after closing the day down 1.27 per cent — as lack of rain in Russia raised concerns over reduced yields in the world’s top exporter of the grain. Support also came […]

Feed weekly outlook: Barley bids rise on weather woes, tight old-crop supplies

Jun. 6, 2019 at 6:43 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Canada frets about potential Chinese crackdown on more exports

Jun. 6, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren Kelsey Johnson

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

Jun. 6, 2019 at 5:58 pm CDT

By Karl Plume Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Wheat rebounds on weather abroad

Jun. 6, 2019 at 4:38 pm CDT

By P.J. Huffstutter

U.S. grains: Futures plummet on Midwest weather, profit-taking

Jun. 5, 2019 at 6:15 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain futures plummeted across the board on Wednesday, as fears eased about the potential for rain damage to the wheat crop and forecasts of warmer temperatures in the U.S. Midwest opened a narrow planting window for soybean farmers. The burgeoning U.S.-Mexico trade fight added pressure […]

By P.J. Huffstutter

Organic price quotes: Late May

May. 31, 2019 at 2:25 pm CDT

Read more: Organic prices holding firm after falling

By OrganicBiz

Organic commodity prices holding firm after falling

May. 31, 2019 at 2:25 pm CDT

Glen Hallick Glacier FarmMedia staff Prices for most organic commodities have been firm during May, with little prospect of them changing, according to a number of dealers. “I don’t think they’ll go down anymore until harvest,” said Bryce Lobreau of Pristine Prairie Organics in Pipestone, Man. Lobreau said Pristine was […]

By OrganicBiz

Federated Co-op buying Saskatchewan ethanol plant

May. 22, 2019 at 7:21 pm CDT

Federated Co-operatives is set to lock in an ethanol supply for its member co-ops’ gas stations with a deal for a major Saskatchewan wheat ethanol producer. FCL announced Wednesday it will buy the Terra Grain Fuels ethanol plant in the RM of Pense near Belle Plaine, about 25 km east […]

By GFM Staff

Huge increase predicted in canola ending stocks

May. 21, 2019 at 6:35 pm CDT

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola carryout stocks are forecast to rise to a record 5.3 million tonnes by the end of the 2019-20 marketing year, more than doubling the previous five-year average, according to updated estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis division. While the department, in its estimates, expects […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin