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A look back at pricing your wheat

Marketing grain is always a risky business. Here’s what could have happened

By Brian Wittal July 31, 2017

Spring seeding and combining went better than expected for the most part across the Prairies and the crops are off to a decent start. Excess rains in some regions and dryness in others has caused some concerns but overall the crop is in and growing and looking good. Weather forecasters are watching the current La […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn, soybeans, wheat fall, ending win streak

By GFM Network News July 31, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. corn and soybean futures weakened on Monday on forecasts for beneficial weather for crop development, traders said. Wheat futures also were weak, dropping to their lowest in more than a month, as sizeable world supplies countered support from drought-hit U.S. spring wheat yields. The lower closes snapped a string of […] Read more

Cereals, Markets

Canadian wheat decline with U.S. futures, rising loonie

By GFM Network News July 31, 2017

CNS Canada – Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada lost ground during the week ended July 28, as declines in the US futures and strength in the Canadian dollar both weighed on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by C$8 to C$11 per tonne […] Read more

Crops, News, Weather

Haying continues across Sask., yields seen less than normal

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending July 24, 2017

By Saskatchewan Agriculture July 27, 2017

Haying continues in the province and livestock producers now have 74 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage. An additional 14 per cent is cut and ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. Hay quality is currently rated as nine per cent excellent, 61 per cent good, 25 […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Pulses

Grain grading changes for Western Canada

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 27, 2017

The Canadian Grain Commission has announced several grain grading changes for the 2017 to 2018 crop year in Western Canada that will take effect August 1, 2017: It has added an ergot tolerance of 0.05 per cent in all grades of fababeans and chickpeas; Changed the tolerance for grasshopper and army worm damage from eight […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Drought hits parts of North Dakota spring wheat prospects

By GFM Network News July 26, 2017

Minot / Reuters – Spring wheat crops in central and northwestern North Dakota were showing the effects of hot, dry conditions and yield prospects were down sharply from a year ago, scouts on an annual crop tour said Wednesday. “The early-planted stuff looks the toughest,” said Dave Green, executive vice president of the Wheat Quality […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: U.S. wheat drops to lowest since June 29

By GFM Network News July 24, 2017

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. wheat futures fell to their lowest in more than three weeks on Monday on profit taking as traders said damage from a drought in the U.S. Plains has been fully priced into the market. Corn and soybean futures also weakened on better harvest prospects as the weather improved in key […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Improving forecast weighs on corn, soybeans

By GFM Network News July 21, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Friday, pressured by outlooks for some relief for crops stressed by hot and dry weather during the past few weeks, traders said. “It is a little bit of a moderation in the weather forecast,” said Bill Gentry, a broker at Risk Management Commodities. “The […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Global buyers of quality wheat face disappointment in Canada

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 20, 2017

Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Buyers looking to Canada for high-quality wheat to make bread as drought roils output in the northern U.S. may be thwarted, as dry weather has also hit crops there. Wheat plants with the high protein content needed to bake bread have shrivelled in the U.S., one of the world’s top exporters, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Corn, soy rise for third straight day

By GFM Network News July 20, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures rallied on Thursday to their highest respective levels in more than a week, supported by forecasts for hot weather that will stress crops in key growing regions, traders said. Both commodities notched their third straight day of gains. Corn led the sector, rising 2.1 per cent, […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle, hog futures rise on first WASDE since September

U.S. export sales include only small soybean business to China

U.S. corn and soybean yields revised down by USDA

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