Insights and Stories on Wheat

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

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

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

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

Jul. 7, 2017 at 2:49 pm CDT

The post-deregulation era of Prairie grain research and market development funding is cleared to begin, as the three Prairie provinces’ wheat and barley commissions have set new single checkoffs on Prairie wheat and barley, all starting Aug. 1. The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) on Wednesday announced that […]

By Staff