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Mature winter wheat. (Allan Dawson photo)

CWB tour pegs wheat at 38.9 bushels

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 24, 2015

Regina / Reuters —Western Canada spring wheat, durum and canola yields look to fall sharply from last year’s levels, due to hot, dry conditions, leaders of a crop tour said on Friday. The second-annual CWB Market Research Services crop tour pegged spring wheat yield potential in the region at 38.9 bushels per acre on average, down […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Spring wheat yields puny in dry Alberta: CWB tour

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 22, 2015

Lethbridge/Reuters — Spring wheat yields measured less than half of last year’s results in drought-stricken southeastern Alberta, but were on track to set a record high in southern Manitoba, during a Canadian crop tour that saw the results of wildly contrasting weather. The tour organized by CWB Market Research Services is travelling on three routes […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat prices down but durum bids up

Average CWRS wheat prices were down by $7 to $12 per tonne over the week

By GFM Network News July 20, 2015

Commodity News Service Canada — Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada moved lower during the week ended July 17, as losses in the U.S. futures and improving weather conditions in some parts of the Prairies weighed on values. However, durum was the one bright spot from a pricing standpoint, with declining Canadian crop prospects […] Read more

CWB’s elevator under construction at St. Adolphe, Man. in May. The former Canadian Wheat Board has been putting up its own grain handling assets since its deregulation. (CWB.ca)

Barley, Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Farmers play last card in planned CWB class action

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 13, 2015

One claim remaining from an unsuccessful bid at a class action suit by four Prairie farmers, over payouts to producers from the former Canadian Wheat Board, will be the farmers’ basis for a new filing. The four farmers, whose previous proposed class action was dismissed with costs in April by the Supreme Court of Canada, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CWRS bids mixed, CPSR weakens with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News July 13, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids were mixed during the week ended Friday, as prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan followed U.S. futures lower, but basis levels in Alberta saw some improvements due to unfavourable dry growing conditions. Average CWRS wheat prices were anywhere from C$6 per tonne lower to […] Read more

Canterra, which has already worked with AAFC-bred CPSR varieties such as AC Conquer VB, has entered a partnership with AAFC and the Alberta Wheat Commission for future CPSR development. (Canterra.com)

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

CPSR wheat breeding program adopts ‘4-P’ model

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 9, 2015

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s breeding program for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat in Alberta is picking up new investment partners. AAFC, Canterra Seeds and the Alberta Wheat Commission (AWC) on Wednesday announced they would jointly contribute $3.4 million over five years to Dr. Harpinder Randhawa’s CPSR breeding program at AAFC’s Lethbridge Research Centre. The […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

Wheat near done flowering, prices could also bloom

By GFM Network News July 8, 2015

CNS Canada –– Weather-related issues ranging from floods to drought have been putting wheat crops at risk globally, bringing potential for prices to move higher. Traders are watching to see how the crop in Canada will shape up, given recent dryness in the West, according to Jonathon Driedger, senior market analyst at FarmLink Marketing Solutions. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie wheat bids mostly higher with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News July 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Cash bids for western Canadian wheat were mostly higher during the week ended Friday, with gains in U.S. futures providing some support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were anywhere from C$2 per tonne lower to as much as $10 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $231 per […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Canterra, Limagrain plan cereal breeding j.v.

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Canada’s recent moves to tighten protections of plant breeders’ rights are getting the credit for encouraging a new private-sector joint venture in cereal seed development for the Prairie market. Canterra Seeds and French farmer co-operative Limagrain on Thursday announced they would further tie up their wheat variety commercialization work through a new joint seed breeding […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

By GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders in the European Union’s top […] Read more

Alberta Crop Report: Higher-than-average yields expected

U.S. livestock: Tight cattle supply helps CME futures rebound from collapse

U.S. grains: Soy futures post weekly loss on expectations for big U.S. crop

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