Insights and Stories on Winter Wheat

Jan. 4, 2019 at 3:28 pm CST

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) delayed several major domestic and world crop reports because of the two-week-old partial government shutdown, the agency said on Friday. New release dates for the monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report and other data originally scheduled for […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Dec. 7, 2018 at 5:02 pm CST

CNS Canada — It’s good and bad news when it comes to winter cereal acreage in Western Canada. Winter wheat acres in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are down this fall, while acreage in Alberta increased, and fall rye acres in all provinces rose. “I think a lot of the guys that […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm

Nov. 1, 2018 at 10:10 am CDT

CNS Canada — Firm numbers for winter wheat seeding on the Prairies are not yet available, but there are firm opinions about how it went. “It’s very difficult to seed winter wheat on land that still has a crop on it,” said Monica Klaas, a contract agronomist for Ducks Unlimited’s […]

By Terry Fries

Sep. 10, 2018 at 7:03 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose more than three per cent on Monday on a mix of technical buying after last week’s seven-week low and fundamental support from tightening supplies in Australia and Russia, analysts said. Soybean futures also advanced while corn futures were little changed ahead of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

Aug. 17, 2018 at 9:26 pm CDT

CNS Canada — As the winter wheat harvest finishes up in Manitoba, initial reports are that yields are lower than in years past. “It was a disadvantage with the winter and with the weather conditions this summer it’s been pretty dry… so between the two, it’s kind of reduced yields,” […]

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm