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Prairie wheat bids climb with U.S. futures

April 26, 2024

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada climbed higher during the week ended April 25, as a rally in United States futures provided support. Chart-based speculative buying was behind much of the strength in the futures, as fund traders bought back some of their large net short position. Declining crop ratings for U.S. winter wheat, the […] Read more

Markets

Prairie Wheat Weekly: Mixed bids for spring wheat, durum higher

By GFM Network News March 28, 2024

Western Canadian bids for Canadian Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) and durum wheat were higher, but there were declines in Canadian Western Red Spring prices during the period of March 21 to 27.

Markets

Prairie spring wheat bids start year on a soft note

The Canadian dollar again weakened relative to the greenback

By GFM Network News January 5, 2024

Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the first week of 2024, as losses in the United States futures more than countered the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar.

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

China’s COFCO says it imported Canadian durum for first time

China's imports usually involve pasta or durum flour instead

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 24, 2023

Beijing | Reuters — Chinese state-run food group COFCO Group said it had imported Canadian durum wheat for the first time for processing into flour, a departure from China’s usual practice of importing finished durum flour or pasta. “This direct import of durum wheat has enriched the structure of China’s imported wheat varieties, facilitated the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed headed into long weekend

By GFM Network News September 3, 2022

MarketsFarm — Despite projections that Canada will have a large wheat harvest this year, Western Canadian wheat bids were mixed for the week ended Thursday, largely due to a weakening Canadian dollar. Statistics Canada (StatCan) on Monday released its satellite imagery-based July principal field crop production estimates, which projected a total wheat harvest of 34.6 […] Read more

Markets, Spring Wheat

Canadian spring wheat bids dip with Minneapolis futures

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News November 5, 2021

MarketsFarm – Losses in Minneapolis wheat futures weighed on Canadian spring wheat cash bids during the first week of November, although a softer tone in the Canadian dollar did lend some support. Durum bids across the Prairies were up on the week. Average Canada Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent) wheat prices were down by […] Read more

The durum stand was thin and uneven, with numerous bare rows as well as areas that had lots of sickly-looking plants. Where germinated plants had emerged, many of them were turning yellow and were starting to wilt, particularly the larger three-leaf plants.

Cereals, Crops, Features

Crop advisor casebook: Durum wheat mystery revealed

A Crop Advisor's Solution from the December 1, 2020 issue of Grainews

By Austen Preete December 3, 2020

David runs a grain operation about 30 kilometres southwest of Moose Jaw, Sask., growing durum wheat, canola and lentils on his 4,500-acre farm. In the third week of June, I got a call from the producer saying his durum crop was doing poorly. David told me the durum stand was thin and uneven, with numerous […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Tighter supplies, solid demand underpin durum bids

By GFM Network News January 20, 2020

MarketsFarm — Tighter global supplies are keeping the Canadian durum market well supported this winter, with firmer prices likely when the Port of Thunder Bay reopens for the spring. “We’re seeing a very strong export demand for durum,” said Jerry Klassen, manager of Canadian operations for Swiss-based GAP S.A. Grains and Products in Winnipeg. Canada […] Read more

File photo of a durum wheat field in Idaho. (Craig Morris photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Late North American durum faces quality downgrades

By GFM Network News October 8, 2019

MarketsFarm — Cool and wet conditions delaying harvest operations across North America’s durum-growing regions are cutting into the quality of the crop in both the U.S. and Canada, with widening price spreads likely going forward. “It’s been a challenging harvest,” said Erica Olson, marketing specialist with the North Dakota Wheat Commission. “We did have some […] Read more

Statistics Canada’s March preliminary estimates of principal field crop areas, including 2019 acreage forecast released April 24, 2019. (Statcan.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 24, 2019

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute […] Read more

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

GFM Network News