Insights and Stories on Wheat

Nov. 20, 2014 at 4:22 pm CST

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Argentine farmers will harvest 12 million tonnes of wheat in the 2014-15 crop year, the agriculture ministry said in its monthly report Thursday, issuing its first wheat crop estimate of the season. Argentina’s 2013-14 wheat harvest was 9.2 million tonnes, according to official data. “Losses […]

By Reuters

Nov. 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm CST

Reuters — Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it reached a settlement with U.S. wheat farmers who sued the seed company over market disruption after unapproved genetically engineered wheat was discovered growing without oversight in Oregon. Monsanto’s Roundup Ready wheat, which was never approved by U.S. regulators and which the company said […]

By Carey Gillam

Nov. 12, 2014 at 6:49 pm CST

Reuters — Australian farmers are holding back wheat crop sales as dryness in parts of the country’s eastern grain belt cuts yields, raising the likelihood for a boost to global prices that have dropped 13 per cent this year. Farmers in the world’s fourth biggest wheat exporter have sold only […]

By Naveen Thukral

Nov. 10, 2014 at 6:21 pm CST

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved lower during the week ended Friday, as basis levels held reasonably steady and prices drifted down with the U.S. futures. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price declined to $223 per tonne, from $234 the previous week. […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Nov. 6, 2014 at 4:06 pm CST

* Warm November to help Russia’s winter grains – SovEcon * Says some farmers hold crops due to the falling rouble * SovEcon sees Nov. grain exports at 3.0-3.2 mln T Paris/Moscow / Reuters – Warm weather last week did not eliminate risks for Russia’s fragile winter grain plantings, said a […]

By Gus Trompiz, valerie-parent