There were modest price increases for wheat on the Canadian Prairies during the week ended Feb. 29. However, as Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat edged up, prices for Canadian Western Amber Durum were mixed.
Winter wheat
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices for red wheat up, amber durum mixed
U.S. wheat complex also mixed; Canadian prices bolstered by dollar's drop
Online fusarium management tool due out this spring
Preliminary tests of the online tool showed a good level of accuracy
A follow-up to a story we first brought you last July about a new online tool being developed by soil scientists at the University of Manitoba to make fusarium head blight (FHB) risk management in cereal crops easier for Prairie farmers. Paul Bullock, a senior scholar with the U of M’s department of soil science, […] Read more
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Weaker U.S. futures drag Western Canadian wheat bids
Cheaper Russian wheat exports also dragged global wheat prices down
United States wheat futures hit new contract lows and pressured Western Canadian wheat bids during the week ended Feb. 15.
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Prices down, especially for durum
Weaker Canadian dollar lends support, K.C., Chicago and Minneapolis wheat put pressure on prices
Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies pulled back during the week ended Feb. 8. While there were moderate declines in Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, there were sharper losses for Canadian Western Amber Durum.
New cereal varieties for 2024
Seven new options are on the market for Prairie producers
Farmers in Western Canada have seven new cereal varieties to choose from for next year. Here is a look what FP Genetics, SeCan, SeedNet and Stamp Seeds have to offer. Please note the following list includes only brand new offerings for 2024. FP Genetics Durum: AAC Schrader is the first durum in the Canada Western […] Read more
In this information age, the information is aging
Up-to-date research is out there, but not always readily or easily available to farmers
I enjoy reading various agronomy- and soil-related extension information. Recently, I was reading an article from Alberta Grains’ newsletter The Growing Point on winter wheat production. At the end of the article was a link to a factsheet. That link took me to an Alberta Agriculture Agdex publication — which I wrote 16 years ago, […] Read more
Prairie wheat weekly outlook: Narrow price movements for wheat, durum
The Canadian dollar lost three tenths over the week
Wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies were narrowly mixed for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, while those for Canadian Western Amber Durum eased back by small amounts.
Prairie spring wheat bids start year on a soft note
The Canadian dollar again weakened relative to the greenback
Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the first week of 2024, as losses in the United States futures more than countered the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar.
Australian crops improve, but well off recent records
Winter crop harvest reportedly progressing quicker, earlier than recent years
Australia’s winter crop production likely beat earlier expectations but will still be down considerably compared to the record-large production in recent years, according to the latest crop report from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
U.S. grains: Chicago wheat, corn rally as export sales top forecasts
Soybeans lower in narrow trading
Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat and corn futures climbed more than one per cent on Thursday as traders covered more short positions following a slump to multi-year lows and as weekly export sales topped forecasts and included sizeable purchases by major importer China. Soybeans were lower in range-bound trading after the U.S. Department of […] Read more
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