Insights and Stories on Wheat

Iran cancels import duties on wheat, barley

Sep. 22, 2015 at 5:45 pm CDT

Dubai/Moscow | Reuters — Iran has canceled import duties it imposed on wheat and barley in July, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Tuesday. The document said the import duties ended on Sept. 6 for wheat and on Aug. 22 for barley. It gave no reason for […]

Churchill’s first shipment of season now loading

Sep. 9, 2015 at 6:15 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Higher-quality wheat likely in store for Prairies

Aug. 25, 2015 at 7:45 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Good wheat prospects in central N.Dakota

Jul. 29, 2015 at 3:11 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

Crops varied in eastern Sask: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 3:37 pm CDT

By Jade Markus

Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 11:01 am CDT

Lethbridge/Reuters — Spring wheat yields measured less than half of last year’s results in drought-stricken southeastern Alberta, but were on track to set a record high in southern Manitoba, during a Canadian crop tour that saw the results of wildly contrasting weather. The tour organized by CWB Market Research Services […]

By Rod Nickel

Manitoba crops decline moving west: CWB tour

Jul. 22, 2015 at 10:16 am CDT

Brandon, Man. — As this year’s CWB crop tour moves west through Manitoba, crops have started looking thinner as the area has been drier than in the eastern part of the province.. Canola around Killarney doesn’t look good compared to its eastern Manitoba counterparts. Canola in western Manitoba is still […]

By Jade Markus

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Jul. 20, 2015 at 1:20 pm CDT

Commodity News Service Canada — Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended July 17, as losses in the U.S. futures and improving weather conditions in some parts of the Prairies weighed on values. However, durum was the one bright spot from a pricing standpoint, […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Dry weather reducing Prairie wheat midge problems

Jul. 17, 2015 at 7:55 pm CDT

CNS Canada — Wheat midge hasn’t been causing as many problems as first anticipated in Western Canada this year, as a dry spring hindered the pests’ emergence. The Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture’s wheat midge forecast, released earlier this year, initially showed high risk levels for the insect, but the dryness […]

By Terryn Shiells

Wheat near done flowering, prices could also bloom

Jul. 8, 2015 at 6:04 pm CDT

CNS Canada –– Weather-related issues ranging from floods to drought have been putting wheat crops at risk globally, bringing potential for prices to move higher. Traders are watching to see how the crop in Canada will shape up, given recent dryness in the West, according to Jonathon Driedger, senior market […]

By Jade Markus