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Watch those pricing signs
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Watch those pricing signs

Grade and protein spreads change during the year. Take advantage of change to increase your profits

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My last column talked about futures spreads, and how you understand what’s happening in the marketplace by watching how and why spreads change over time. Now, a look at more pricing signals: grade and protein spreads. During the era of the Canadian Wheat Board, grade and protein spreads changed very little throughout the marketing year. The CWB, […] Read more
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Columns

Your winter grain marketing plan

Watch the futures spread and the cost of carry to decide when to sell your grain

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This winter, you should have time to take stock of your grain inventory, update your cost of production numbers and do some math to determine your true break-even costs. Do you have a marketing plan? Are you using it or reviewing it and making changes accordingly? Do you know your quantity and quality of your […] Read more
The past decade has seen a lot of land turned away from growing grain and returned to pasture for sheep and dairy.
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Agriculture on the Emerald Isle

Like farmers anywhere, Irish farmers are always eager to talk about agriculture

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I recently had the great fortune and opportunity to spend two weeks traveling around Ireland with my wife Kim for our anniversary. Arriving in Dublin, we picked up our subcompact rental car and proceeded south along the coastline to Wexford. We stayed in a remodeled 13th century abbey on the edge of a small town. […] Read more
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Cereals, Columns

The new G3’s cross-Canada future

Understanding Market Bulls and Bears: Brian Wittal sees the new CWB as a strong competitor in the Canadian grain industry

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In 2012 the CWB’s monopoly powers were stripped away. Over the next couple of years the new entity purchased or entered into joint ventures with producer-owned grain handling facilities and built a number of new concrete facilities across the Prairies to try to remain a relevant player in the grain handling and marketing business in […] Read more
swathing barley in the field
Cereals, Columns

Farm management: Getting from good to great

Farming is a numbers game. Make sure you 
make the most of the details on your farm


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In March, I spent four days traveling from Grande Prairie to Lethbridge as part of the Leading Edge Farm Management series sponsored by the Alberta Canola Producers Commission and I had the good fortune to be in the company of some very accomplished individuals. Dr. Danny Klinefelter from Texas A+M University who, I would say, […] Read more
one dollar banknote among wheat grains
Cereals, Columns

Farmers need a simpler grain pricing system

Building U.S. currency conversions into the basis complicates price comparisons. There may be a simpler way 


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Since my last two articles on wheat basis calculations I have had some interesting conversations with producers and industry people alike. One call in particular from a gentleman who works in the grain industry in Eastern Canada was very enlightening. Apparently my article was forwarded to him by one of his co-workers at a facility […] Read more
grain filling a shipping vessel
Cereals, Columns

Understanding today’s wheat basis

It’s not always simple to calculate the true basis these days. Here’s an example

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In my previous article I was remiss in detailing the fact that there are costs for freight, elevation and handling that must be accounted for within the wheat basis that the grain companies post. To clarify a few things I am going to do a complete calculation of price, costs and basis levels starting with […] Read more

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