Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Grain Commission full quality reports for CWRS, CWAD and CPSR wheats are now available and in a new format. These reports now feature new quality summaries, more visual charts and graphs and additional resources. The quality of the CWRS crop was excellent, with more than 97 per cent of the crop being in […] Read more

Grain quality reports available

VIDEO: Taking craft beer from the toolshed, to the community
Reading Time: < 1 minute You’d be hard pressed to find a person more passionate about craft beer than Graham Sherman of Toolshed Brewing Co. He’s also learned a thing or two about building a business from the ground up, taking his taste for beer – and passion for brewing – literally from the toolshed in his back yard to […] Read more

Wheat quality excellent in 2023
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cereals Canada has released the 2023 New Wheat Crop Report, which provides a quality and functionality update to domestic and global customers of Canadian wheat. Despite a challenging growing season that led to variable yields and below-average production, Canada produced another top-quality wheat crop. It had excellent quality in all wheat classes. Most of it […] Read more

Canadian spring wheat bids mixed following choppy U.S. futures
The Canadian dollar was up nearly two-thirds of a cent on its U.S. counterpart
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Nov. 1, as futures in the United States hit contract lows before bouncing higher and strength in the Canadian dollar cut into basis levels.

Feed weekly outlook: Corn imports, larger crop prospects pressure barley
StatCan expected to raise barley crop estimate
MarketsFarm — The feed barley market in Western Canada remains relatively flat as steady corn imports from the U.S. keep domestic feeders well supplied. Ideas that Canadian production ended up above earlier expectations were also keeping a lid on the domestic market. Delivered barley into the Lethbridge, Alta. area is currently priced in the $300-$320 […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: Prices fall back, more so for CWRS, CPSR
MGEX, K.C. wheats down on week
MarketsFarm — Wheat prices across the Prairies lost ground during the week ended Nov. 23, with Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats incurring larger declines than those for durum. Minneapolis and Kansas City wheat futures pulled back during the week, but Chicago nudged up a little. Ongoing issues with lacklustre U.S. […] Read more

China’s COFCO says it imported Canadian durum for first time
China's imports usually involve pasta or durum flour instead
Beijing | Reuters — Chinese state-run food group COFCO Group said it had imported Canadian durum wheat for the first time for processing into flour, a departure from China’s usual practice of importing finished durum flour or pasta. “This direct import of durum wheat has enriched the structure of China’s imported wheat varieties, facilitated the […] Read more

Feed weekly outlook: Weak demand for barley
Cost of corn DDGS may favour barley
MarketsFarm — As demand for barley remains limp, it has become rather difficult to move the feed grain, according to Darcy Haley of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge. “There’s just no demand. We did barley March 10 at $320 per tonne, and in April through to July it traded at $328. That’s $7-$10 cheaper than […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: Bids ease off
U.S. wheat futures turn lower
MarketsFarm — Bids for western Canadian wheat were down all around for the week ended Thursday, with Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat having the largest losses. U.S. wheat futures were lower as export sales continued to be weak. For the week of Nov. 3-9, 176,300 tonnes were sold for export, down 50 per cent […] Read more

Prairie cash wheat: Bids up in early November
U.S. wheat futures up on week
MarketsFarm –– Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent) wheat prices were up by $8.80-$10.10 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ […] Read more