Insights and Stories on Wheat

Argentine wheat seedings slowed by rain

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

CNS Canada – Argentina’s hope for a near-record wheat crop have been dampened by excessive rain and below-average seedings. With planting nearly complete, the United States Department of Agriculture office in Buenos Aires has estimated the Argentine wheat crop at 12.8 million acres. That falls about one million acres below […]

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Asian taste for western diet boosts Australian wheat

Aug. 3, 2017 at 3:17 pm CDT

By MarketsFarm Team

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: August 2

Aug. 3, 2017 at 2:56 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Canola market dips to rally, heat stress hits wheat crops

Jul. 31, 2017 at 3:44 pm CDT

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Organic crop sales chug along, dryness not a major issue for most

Jul. 28, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

By OrganicBiz

Organic Price Quotes: Late July

Jul. 28, 2017 at 3:22 pm CDT

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By OrganicBiz

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

Jul. 27, 2017 at 3:23 pm CDT

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and […]

By Staff

Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

Jul. 26, 2017 at 1:43 pm CDT

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

Jul. 20, 2017 at 9:02 pm CDT

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one […]

By Julie Ingwersen Rod Nickel

National Organic Grain and Feedstuffs: July 19

Jul. 20, 2017 at 4:41 pm CDT

Compared to two weeks ago, feed grade corn demand and activity moderate, with no comparable trades from the prior period. Feed grade soybean demand and activity moderate, trading 25 cents higher this period. Soybean meal and soybean oil trade moderate on good demand. Soybean meal traded slightly lower this period. […]

By OrganicBiz