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AAC Wildfire is a popular hard red winter wheat with short strong straw, good winter survival and excellent lodging resistance. AAC Network is coming along as a short stature winter wheat with earlier maturity, higher protein and an excellent all round disease package.
Cereals, Crops, Winter Wheat

A few pointers on fall rye and winter wheat production

Pay attention to seeding date and rate and proper fertility

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In most parts of Western Canada, the window is now open for seeding winter cereals. Depending on location, getting fall crops seeded between mid-August and mid-September is ideal, although with some cereals and varieties that window can be extended to early October. Here are a few points on growing winter cereals based on common crop […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids trend lower with U.S. futures

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Friday, as losses in U.S. futures more than countered the supportive influence of the weakening Canadian dollar. Seasonal harvest pressure contributed to the declines, as the U.S. winter wheat harvest progressed northward. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent […] Read more
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Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Larger spring wheat crop expected in U.S.

USDA expects reduced total worldwide wheat crop

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MarketsFarm — Early indications point to a much larger spring wheat crop in the United States in 2022 compared to the drought-stricken 2021 crop despite the late seeding, according to the latest production estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In USDA’s first official production estimates of the growing season breaking out the different wheat […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids firm as loonie falls

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as heavy losses in the Canadian dollar more than countered the bearish influence of weakening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $4.50-$7.40 per tonne during the week ended Thursday, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Talk of Black Sea corridor weighs on week’s bids

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MarketsFarm — The prospect of Russia allowing food shipments to leave Ukraine — albeit with a few concessions — was the key factor in declining bids for western Canadian wheat during the week ended Thursday. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko on Wednesday said his country is ready to provide a humanitarian corridor in the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

India bans wheat exports as heat wave hurts crop, domestic prices soar

Ban could push global wheat prices to new peaks

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Mumbai | Reuters — India banned wheat exports on Saturday days after saying it was targeting record shipments this year, as a scorching heat wave curtailed output and domestic prices hit a record high. The government said it would still allow exports backed by already issued letters of credit and to countries that request supplies […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Winter Wheat

India sells record 1.4 million tonnes of wheat in April

Sales surge on unavailability of Black Sea supplies

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New Delhi | Reuters — India exported a record 1.4 million tonnes of wheat in April, four trade sources said, providing some relief to grain markets as buyers scramble for alternatives to Black Sea supplies hit hard by the war in Ukraine. April is the first month of the fiscal year. India, the world’s second […] Read more
A combine unloads wheat on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in western India on March 16, 2022. (Photo: Reuters/Amit Dave)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather, Winter Wheat

Heat wave threatens India’s wheat output, export plans

Thin supplies, rising prices indicate lower output

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New Delhi | Reuters — India’s wheat output looks likely to fall in 2022 after five consecutive years of record harvests, as a sharp, sudden rise in temperatures in mid-March cut crop yields in the world’s second-biggest producer of the grain. The drop could curb Indian exports of the staple. Cashing in on a rally […] Read more

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