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Prairie Pest Monitoring Network weekly update for July 2, 2014

By GFM Network News July 3, 2014

The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network has released its latest report. This week’s issue contains a review of weather for the season so far, and reviews of modelling and control procedures for wheat midge, diamondback moth, bertha armyworm, cabbage seedpod weevil, swede midge and flea beetles. Also provided is a weather synopsis and the accumulated precipitation […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Oats

Shipping delays push oat prices downward

By GFM Network News June 30, 2014

CNS Canada — The backlogged rail system in Canada has slowly started to move for certain commodities, but oats continue to remain on the shipping backburner, pushing prices lower according to some industry participants. While oat prices at larger companies right now are quite poor, bidding at under $1 per bushel, there are some specialty-type […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie CWRS cash bids fall below $5 a bushel

By GFM Network News June 30, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) moved lower during the week ended June 30, with CWRS bids falling below the $5 a bushel mark. Losses seen in U.S. wheat futures after a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday were responsible for […] Read more

A stretch of the Nile south of Luxor. Egypt today spends more than US$4 billion a year on food subsidies. (Cia.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt expanding efforts to ease food subsidy costs

By GFM Network News June 25, 2014

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt is expanding its use of modern technology to tackle decades-old problems of corruption and waste in its costly food subsidies system as the government pursues reforms to ease the strain on state finances. Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said some 25 million Egyptian families who already have electronic smart cards for […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

Brazil to open added tariff-free import quota for wheat

By GFM Network News June 19, 2014

Brasilia | Reuters — The Brazilian government plans to reduce to zero the 10 per cent import tariff applied to non-Mercosur wheat for a quota of up to one million tonnes through Aug. 15, a source in the government with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday. Brazil, regularly one of the world’s leading importers of […] Read more

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Cargill invests $100M to expand Russian wheat milling

By GFM Network News June 19, 2014

Chicago | Reuters — Agribusiness giant Cargill said Thursday it has invested US$100 million to expand its wheat milling at its Efremov, Russia, grain complex, nearly doubling its processing capacity to 500,000 tonnes of wheat a year. The Efremov complex, which employs more than 800 people, produces starches and sweeteners from corn, barley, wheat and […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids drop about $10 with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News June 16, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) were weaker during the week ended Monday, dropping $10 a tonne. Much of the weakness was linked to spillover pressure from sharply lower U.S. wheat futures markets. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

ICE durum trades for first time since February 2013

By GFM Network News June 11, 2014

CNS Canada — ICE durum futures on Wednesday saw some trade activity for the first time since Feb. 14, 2013, with five October contracts changing hands at weaker prices. The contract dropped $12 per tonne, to settle at $230. This comes just one day after ICE barley contracts saw new life, as five contracts also […] Read more

Barley, Cereals, Crops, Markets

ICE barley trades for first time in six months

By GFM Network News June 10, 2014

CNS Canada –– The long-dormant barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform saw a glimmer of life on Tuesday as buyers and sellers met up to make some actual trades for the first time in six months. Five October 2014 barley contracts changed hands at $125 per tonne, with commercial entities likely behind the […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids edge up with futures

By GFM Network News June 9, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat edged higher during the week ended Monday, as U.S. futures saw a corrective bounce off nearby lows. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta on Monday came in at […] Read more

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

Cereals

Prairie Pest Monitoring Network weekly update for July 2, 2014

Shipping delays push oat prices downward

Prairie CWRS cash bids fall below $5 a bushel

Egypt expanding efforts to ease food subsidy costs

Brazil to open added tariff-free import quota for wheat

Cargill invests $100M to expand Russian wheat milling

Prairie wheat bids drop about $10 with U.S. futures

ICE durum trades for first time since February 2013

ICE barley trades for first time in six months

Prairie wheat bids edge up with futures

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