Feed Grains: US winter wheat seeding begins

Feed Grains: US winter wheat seeding begins

By Commodity News Service Canada

WINNIPEG, September 8 (CNS Canada) – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Thursday, September 8.

– Western Canadian barley producers have committed to invest more than C$2.4 million over five years to the barley variety development program at the University of Saskatchewan Crop Development Centre, according to the Western Grains Research Foundation. The funding will support a variety of development work that will improve barley’s profitability and long-term sustainability.

– Winter wheat planting has begun in the Midwest and is one per cent completed, equal to both last year and the five-year average.

– Russia anticipates largest wheat harvest on record at 72 million tonnes, according to the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service.

– Feed barley in Western Canada remained steady with top prices of C$2.75 to C$3.61 per bushel, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.

– Feed wheat top prices in Manitoba rose 44 cents to C$4.60 per bushel, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire. Top prices in Alberta and Saskatchewan remained steady at C$5.58 and C$5.00 per bushel.

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