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Weaker loonie underpins Prairie wheat bids

CNS Canada — Cash spring wheat and durum bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Monday, as weakness in the Canadian dollar helped underpin basis levels. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up $1-$5 per tonne compared to the previous week. Average prices ranged from […] Read more



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Winter cereal acres unclear due to wet conditions

Commodity News Service Canada/Winnipeg – Variable conditions across Manitoba and Saskatchewan have made it difficult to estimate winter cereal acreage, the head of an industry group says. But crops that are in the ground have seen mostly favourable weather. Jake Davidson, executive director of Winter Cereals Canada Inc., said he’s waiting for data from Statistics […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy, corn sag ahead of USDA report, election

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures fell on Wednesday for a fourth straight session on long liquidation and profit-taking ahead of a key government crop report and market jitters over next week’s  presidential election, analysts said. Corn also declined, with the December contract nearing a three-week low. Wheat firmed on short-covering as investors headed […] Read more


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U.S. grains: Soy, corn fall on big U.S. crops

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday on expectations the U.S. Department of Agriculture might raise its forecast of the U.S. soybean yield in a monthly report next week, traders said. Wheat followed the weak trend, with global grain supplies adding pressure. CBOT January soybeans settled down […] Read more



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Ottawa to back P+H’s Hamilton flour mill

Winnipeg agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has lined up more government financing for its planned new flour mill at Hamilton, this time from the federal level. Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay on Thursday announced a $10 million “repayable investment” in the project from the AgriInnovation program, part of the Growing Forward 2 ag policy funding framework. […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy eases on profit-taking after big weekly gains

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybeans futures fell one per cent on Friday, reversing from a two-month high while wheat and corn also eased as investors took profits after recent gains, traders and analysts said. Front-month Chicago Board of Trade November soybeans tested Thursday’s peak of $10.20 per bushel, but topped out at $10.17-1/2 and […] Read more


Wet soil makes for slow process, rain, snow lodge standing crops

Saskatchewan Crop Report for the week ending October 24

Continued wet weather has resulted in very little harvest progress since the beginning of October. Eighty-two per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2011-2015) average for this time of year is 99 per cent combined. Many producers were out testing the crop, however only […] Read more