Insights and Stories on Wheat

Organic supply pressuring demand, prices getting squeezed

Mar. 29, 2019 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin OrganicBiz staff/MarketsFarm The organic sector may be seeing steady growth from both producers switching to the organic route and consumers paying closer attention to their food choices, but increases on the supply side of the equation are outpacing demand for a number of crops and pressuring prices. […]

Organic price quotes: Late March

Mar. 29, 2019 at 3:00 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

USDA’s latest WASDE lacks ‘market-turning’ news

Mar. 11, 2019 at 3:48 pm CDT

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as news of China trade deal awaited

Mar. 5, 2019 at 7:37 pm CST

By P.J. Huffstutter

India to reimburse freight for some ag exports

Mar. 5, 2019 at 10:13 am CST

By Reuters

Organic price quotes: Late February

Mar. 1, 2019 at 12:35 pm CST

Read more: Ample supply of organic feed grains putting pressure on prices

By OrganicBiz

U.S. wins WTO ruling on Chinese grains

Mar. 1, 2019 at 9:08 am CST

Geneva | Reuters — The United States won a World Trade Organization ruling on China’s price support for grains, successfully challenging a calculation methodology that is also used by India. A WTO adjudication panel agreed on Thursday with the U.S. complaint that China had paid farmers too much for wheat, […]

By Tom Miles

Canola exports still sluggish, but grains solid

Feb. 22, 2019 at 8:18 pm CST

Canadian canola exports continue to lag behind the year-ago pace, with large supplies in the commercial pipeline, according to the latest weekly data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada only exported 69,900 tonnes of canola during the week ended Sunday, well below the 205,500 tonnes that moved the previous week. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feed weekly outlook: Markets steady amid cold Alberta weather

Feb. 14, 2019 at 5:29 pm CST

Excessively cold temperatures in Alberta may be causing headaches for both feed grain buyers and sellers, but prices remain relatively steady for what’s moving. The cold weather hasn’t really led to a significant increase in demand, but “it’s definitely made the farmer grumpy,” said Brandon Motz of CorNine Commodities in […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

StatsCan canola stocks numbers point to big carryout

Feb. 5, 2019 at 7:43 pm CST

As two analysts looked at Statistics Canada’s latest report on total stocks of principal field crops, they immediately zeroed in on canola. Statistics Canada’s report, released Tuesday, shows canola stocks as of Dec. 31, 2018 were at 14.553 million tonnes, up 4.9 per cent from year-earlier levels, “The numbers are […]

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm