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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Prices a mixed bag

U.S. futures, loonie down on week

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News 3 days ago

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada saw gains and losses for the week ended Thursday, due to declines in U.S. markets and a lower Canadian dollar. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat was mixed with some losses, but prices steady to higher in six of the Prairie regions. Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) was […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices mostly steady through market turmoil

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm, GFM Network News March 19, 2020

MarketsFarm — Despite commotion in markets due to economic impact from the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, feed grain prices have been steady, according to Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in Edmonton. Feed prices were in a steady decline since the cold snap around the beginning of January, he said. “This week/last week, we haven’t seen the price […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Lower loonie strengthens bids

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm February 9, 2020

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada for the week ended Thursday were up for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat. Bids for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) were steady to higher. The Canadian dollar was down by approximately four-10ths of a cent during the week, which provided support […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Western Canadian wheat bids mixed as loonie retreats from highs

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm November 1, 2019

MarketsFarm – Wheat bids in Western Canada were mixed for the week ended Oct. 31. Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) was lower, while Canada Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) was steady to lower. Canadian Western Amber Durum (CWAD) was steady to higher. The Canadian dollar dropped almost a half cent from three-month highs to hover […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. CFTC says Kraft, Mondelez to pay $16M in wheat price manipulation case

By Reuters August 15, 2019

Reuters — The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Thursday Kraft Heinz and Mondelez International will have to pay US$16 million in penalty regarding a wheat manipulation case that dates back to 2015. Kraft Heinz, which was Kraft Foods until 2015, and snack food firm Mondelez bought $90 million of December 2011 wheat […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Cash wheat: Prices stronger in varying degrees

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm August 9, 2019

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada were generally up for the week ended Aug. 8, with gains in Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats in all locations. Durum (CWAD) was either side of steady, depending on location. The Canadian dollar was down by almost a quarter of a […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm July 19, 2019

MarketsFarm — Feed grain prices have softened ahead of harvesting season, due in part to improving growing conditions and a stronger Canadian dollar. Drought conditions earlier in the summer had threatened Prairie crop yields and buoyed feed grain prices, but the weather premium has subsided thanks to recent rains. “Rain showed us we’ll have a […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Weather buoys grain prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm May 30, 2019

MarketsFarm –– A dry spring on the Prairies, coupled with intensely wet weather south of the border, has frustrated producers and supported higher feed grain prices. Barley prices have rallied “quite strongly” due to dry weather observed across most of the Prairies, combined with tight supplies from previous years, said Nelson Neumann of Agfinity in […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia’s ag ministry to set up new grain exporters’ union

By Reuters February 11, 2019

Moscow/Hamburg | Reuters — Russia’s agriculture ministry will set up a new grain exporters’ union to better understand the needs of the market, it said on Monday after its routine meeting with local grain traders. Traders interpreted it as a result of the close attention with which Russian officials have been monitoring how big exporters […] Read more

Wheat production in Germany (pictured here) is down as well as in the rest of Europe, Russia, and Australia. The summer’s price bounce is gone but the outlook for wheat prices remains favourable, say market watchers.

Cereals, Crops

Wheat rally stalls at just the wrong time

Prices are off summer highs but a drop in global production sets the stage for another rally this winter

By Jennifer Blair September 11, 2018

For much of this year’s hot, dry summer, Alberta wheat growers could look forward to higher prices to offset lower production. But now they can’t even count on that — at least not for the foreseeable future. “We have seen prices pulling back a little bit over the last few weeks,” FarmLink’s senior market analyst […] Read more

COVID-19 and the farm: Stories from the GFM network

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Kraft Heinz cuts output at three plants, adds mac and cheese shifts

GFM Network News

COVID-19 and the farm: Stories from the GFM network

How COVID-19 is upending global food supply chains

Kraft Heinz cuts output at three plants, adds mac and cheese shifts

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Prairie cash wheat: Prices a mixed bag

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices mostly steady through market turmoil

Prairie cash wheat: Lower loonie strengthens bids

Western Canadian wheat bids mixed as loonie retreats from highs

U.S. CFTC says Kraft, Mondelez to pay $16M in wheat price manipulation case

Cash wheat: Prices stronger in varying degrees

Feed weekly outlook: Grain prices softer ahead of harvest

Feed weekly outlook: Weather buoys grain prices

Russia’s ag ministry to set up new grain exporters’ union

Wheat rally stalls at just the wrong time

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