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Emerging winter wheat plants. (File photo by Laura Rance)

Manitoba winter wheat yields down

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm August 17, 2018

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,” said Doug Martin, chairman of […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm August 25, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are sitting on a very large wheat crop this year, but the moisture that helped boost yields also caused disease issues and supplies of higher-quality wheat may still be in short supply. While the spring wheat harvest is just getting started and it’s hard to get a firm handle on […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Tour shows wheat yields in central, Northwestern North Dakota near to or above average

By Julie Ingwersen July 27, 2016

Reuters – Spring wheat prospects in central and northwest North Dakota are near to or above average, aided by favourable weather, scouts on one leg of an annual crop tour said on Wednesday. Crop scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s tour travelling one route in west-central North Dakota made three stops and projected an average […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

Bumper winter wheat harvest ill-timed for U.S. farmers

By Julie Ingwersen July 15, 2016

Chicago | Reuters — Record-high yields are helping U.S. farmers to harvest a bumper crop of hard red winter (HRW) wheat, the most common variety here, but prices have tumbled as the world is awash in supplies. The quality of the crop is also causing headaches for flour millers, who may have to buy more […] Read more

Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

By Dave Sims October 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more

Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

By Phil Franz-Warkentin - MarketsFarm September 30, 2015

CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russian farm lobby says crop reports artificially high

By Reuters September 16, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russian regional officials are pressuring farmers to report more grain crop than they actually harvest this year, the head of farmers’ lobby the Grain Union said on Tuesday. Arkady Zlochevsky said the difference between the actual harvest and the declared figures was not significant. However, his comments could be troubling for […] Read more

Spring Wheat

Above-average wheat yields in southern North Dakota

By Julie Ingwersen July 28, 2015

Hebron, ND (Reuters) — Spring wheat prospects are above average in southern North Dakota, scouts on an annual crop tour said on Tuesday. Crop scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s tour travelling one route in south-central and southwestern North Dakota made four stops and projected an average yield of 45.6 bushels per acre (bpa), above the […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

By Gus Trompiz July 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders in the European Union’s top […] Read more

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Manitoba winter wheat yields down

Quality still a question for Canada’s big wheat crop

Tour shows wheat yields in central, Northwestern North Dakota near to or above average

Bumper winter wheat harvest ill-timed for U.S. farmers

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

Russian farm lobby says crop reports artificially high

Above-average wheat yields in southern North Dakota

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

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