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Feed: El Nino pressures barley crop down under

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 19, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Monday, Oct. 19. • CBOT corn futures were down by two to three cents per bushel at midday Monday, as harvest pressure in the U.S. and improving corn conditions in the Black Sea region weighed on prices. • […] Read more

Durum’s higher protein and gluten content make it best suited for pasta processing. (Scott Bauer photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

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Prairies see high-protein wheat crop, but few premiums

By GFM Network News October 16, 2015

CNS Canada –– Every year is a different story for wheat crop quality and protein levels — but the saturation of high-protein wheat in the market may mean fewer premiums for Prairie growers this year. The premium price for high-protein wheat has eroded to the point where there’s a shift from grain companies in the […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

U.S. grains: Wheat falls below $5 on global supply, forecasts

By GFM Network News October 16, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures fell roughly two per cent on Friday, dropping below US$5 a bushel amid plentiful global supplies and forecasts for timely rains in the U.S. Plains, analysts said. Corn firmed after hitting a one-month low ahead of a busy U.S. harvest weekend. Soybean futures fell on […] Read more

Barley, Corn, Livestock, Markets

Feed: Ukraine, U.S. corn harvest advancing

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 16, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, Oct. 16. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Friday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.74 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports weighed on values. • Ukraine […] Read more

AB InBev’s operations include Alexander Keith’s maker, Halifax-based Oland Breweries, which became part of Labatt in 1971. (Keiths.ca)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Rivals see local battles, not global war, with new beer giant

By GFM Network News October 15, 2015

Copenhagen/Brussels | Reuters — The prospect of a new competitor that produces one third of an entire industry’s output would normally terrify rival companies, but brewing is different. The very local nature of lagers and ales, and the fact that a price war is seen as unlikely, mean global market leader Anheuser-Busch InBev’s imminent takeover […] Read more

Cereals, Corn, Crops, Forages, Markets, Soybeans

Feed: Australian drought hurts grain production

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 15, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, Oct. 15. • CBOT corn futures were posting small losses at midday Thursday, with the December contract quoted at US$3.77 per bushel, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports weighed on values. • Drought […] Read more

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Feed: Russia may plant more feed, U.K. less

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News October 14, 2015

CNS Canada — Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Wednesday, Oct. 14. • CBOT corn futures were down by two to three cents per bushel (US$) at midday Wednesday, as the advancing U.S. harvest and relatively favourable yield reports weighed on values. • Barley futures on India’s […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

Producer group promotes barley

MWBGA is putting its research dollars into fusarium head blight resistance

By Julienne Isaacs October 13, 2015

The Manitoba Wheat and Barley Growers Association (MWBGA) says it is committed to research and market development of wheat and barley in the province, including one project focused on genomic selection for improving two-row malting barley. Officially established on January 1, 2014, MWBGA is funded by Manitoba farmers through a checkoff on wheat and barley. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids edge down as loonie rises

By GFM Network News October 13, 2015

CNS Canada –– Cash wheat bids across Western Canada posted small losses over the week ended Friday, as the strengthening Canadian dollar cut into basis levels. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were generally down by C$1 to $4 per tonne across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Labatt’s owner wins over SABMiller at fifth attempt

By GFM Network News October 13, 2015

Brussels/London | Reuters –– The world’s two biggest brewers agreed on Tuesday to create a company making almost a third of the world’s beer after SABMiller received an improved offer worth more than C$130 billion from larger rival Anheuser-Busch InBev. If it goes through, the deal would rank in the top five mergers in corporate […] Read more

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