Cereals & Production Tips

A wall in the medina (ancient city quarter) of Rabat, Morocco’s capital. (Cia.gov)

Morocco adjusts wheat import scheme in nod to Black Sea

Move could bump up competition among exporters

By GFM Network News March 8, 2023

Rabat/Paris | Reuters — Morocco, a major cereal importer, has modified its wheat import subsidy scheme to make it easier for companies to bring in cargoes from the Black Sea region, an official at state grain agency ONICL said on Wednesday. The revision, also reported by traders, means that as of March importers are able […] Read more

Fungicide being applied at the flag leaf stage of wheat in July 2019. The field trial at Bon Accord, Alta., was part of an Alberta Agriculture project looking into optimal fungicide timings for two CWRS cultivars.

Cereals, Crops, Features

Fungicide timing for wheat leaf disease and FHB

A single fungicide application at the anthesis stage may produce the best results

By Mark Halsall March 7, 2023

Prairie grain producers always keep close tabs on the weather during the growing season to see if conditions turn favourable for disease development in their crops. If that happens, there may not be a simple answer to the question of whether to spray or not. And much of that has to do with timing. “The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip with U.S. futures

Canadian dollar also down on week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 4, 2023

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada posted losses during the week ended Thursday, underpinned as losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $3.50-$8.10 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley exports slowing down, local prices steady

Feedlots relatively well covered

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News March 3, 2023

MarketsFarm — Canadian barley exports slowed down in January, but out-of-country movement is still running ahead of the year-ago pace, according to updated export data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Canada exported 131,100 tonnes of barley from licensed facilities in January, with China the top customer taking 100,500 tonnes. Total barley exports were well off […] Read more

Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat

BASF halting hybrid wheat seed development in North America

Results 'have not achieved development goals we set'

By GFM Network News March 2, 2023

Reuters — Global chemicals and crop seeds company BASF is halting development of hybrid wheat in North America after results of seed trials failed to reach development goals, the company told Reuters on Wednesday. BASF will instead focus development of the new type of wheat in European markets, aiming to launch the technology there “toward […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Durum rises, red spring falls back

U.S. wheat futures down on week

By GFM Network News February 26, 2023

MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies saw the red spring varieties take a hit during the week ended Thursday, while durum made gains. There were sharp declines in the U.S. wheat complex, which weighed on Canadian cash prices while a weaker dollar helped to stymie further losses. Despite the one-year anniversary of the […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed grain weekly: Prices slip back on good supplies

Demand for corn from Manitoba, U.S. wanes

By GFM Network News February 23, 2023

MarketsFarm — There are sufficient supplies of feed barley, wheat and corn across the Prairies, according to Evan Peterson, trader with JGL Commodities. In turn, that’s putting pressure on prices. Peterson said a shortage of trucks and truck drivers last summer and fall led buyers to acquire as much feed as possible to get through […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Little change in wheat bids

U.S. wheat futures up on week

By GFM Network News February 18, 2023

MarketsFarm — Despite bullish factors affecting wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), western Canadian wheat bids did not see much change during the week ended Thursday. Futures prices for all three major U.S. varieties increased week-by-week, mostly fuelled by large gains on Feb. 10, as traders shifted focus to Russia’s invasion of […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Grain bids quietly drift lower

Oats still making their way into feedlots

By GFM Network News February 16, 2023

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed barley and wheat in Western Canada drifted lower during the week ended Wednesday. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity Inc. at Stony Plain, Alta., said a relatively milder winter across the Prairies has resulted in less consumption of feed grains in feedlots. In turn, feedlots are not purchasing as much […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Grain stocks set tone for barley, wheat

Barley expected to go bullish in April, May

By GFM Network News February 9, 2023

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada’s (StatCan) grain stocks report issued earlier this week largely met trade expectations, according to Winnipeg-based independent trader Jerry Klassen. The survey-based report, which estimated the country’s grain stocks as of Dec. 31, was neutral for spring wheat, supportive of durum, and pointed toward barley being somewhat bullish come spring, he said. […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

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