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VIDEO: The gluten story

By FBC Staff March 5, 2015

If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more

Can you spot the difference between the two sides of this wheat plot? Probably not, AAFC researchers say. (Environmental Science and Technology)

Crops

Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News March 3, 2015

A long-term yield study in Saskatchewan shows wheat crops will use the phosphorus built up in soils over years of fertilizing — even where soil tests don’t show the nutrient is handy for use. While the results still need to be tested elsewhere, with other crops, the study’s findings may help Canadian farmers rethink how […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Argentina to restrict wheat export permits if low prices paid

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 31, 2015

Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Wheat exporters who buy the grain from Argentina’s farmers will not be issued permits if they pay the growers significantly less than the international price for the crop, the government said Friday. The announcement, by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, followed complaints by local producers that government restrictions on wheat exports […] Read more

(Stephen Ausmus photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Wheat basis muddied in Western Canada

By GFM Network News January 30, 2015

CNS Canada — The difference between futures markets and cash markets for any exchange-traded commodities can usually be brought into focus by the basis — that is, except in Prairie wheat, where that focus has now gone fuzzy. Typically, a wide or narrow basis provides some indication of how representative the futures market is of […] Read more

Cereals, News

Farmers say some low-quality grain grades inconsistent

Grain quality has taken a beating from hail, moisture and disease. Now some farmers report facing uneven wheat and durum grading at the elevator

By Lisa Guenther January 20, 2015

Some farmers are still hurting from a poor growing season and harvest at elevators this winter, as they struggle with inconsistent grading. “The condition of this year’s durum crop leaves a lot to be desired,” Jim Wickett said. Wickett farms near Rosetown, Sask., and sits on the Western Standards Committee, which makes recommendations to the Canadian […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News January 16, 2015

A combination of multiple computer models of weather’s impact on wheat warns of a six per cent dent in world wheat production for every degree Celsius in temperature increase. Scientists have been trying for 20 years to estimate effects of temperature increase and climate change on wheat production, which accounts for 20 per cent of […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Russia’s domestic wheat prices decline due to export curbs

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 16, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — Russia’s domestic wheat prices have declined since the start of the year as the government has curbed exports with informal limits ahead of the introduction of an official export tax, analysts said on Friday. Russia, expected to be the world’s fourth-largest wheat exporter this year, imposed tougher quality monitoring of grain […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Egypt says wheat stocks enough to last until early May

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 9, 2015

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s stock of wheat for its subsidized bread program will last until the first week of May, well into the start of the local harvest, after it bought 180,000 tonnes this week, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said Friday. Hanafi said in a statement he expected new silos to come into use […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

China expected to boost imports of protein-rich wheat

By GFM Network News January 6, 2015

Beijing/Singapore | Reuters — Chinese wheat buyers are likely to step up imports of higher quality grains to meet a domestic shortfall even though total overseas purchases are forecast to tumble this year due to bumper production at home, analysts and traders said. China, the world’s biggest wheat producer and consumer, has seen output climb […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie CWRS bids ease with U.S. futures

By GFM Network News January 5, 2015

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat deteriorated slightly during the week ended Friday, as losses in the US futures weighed on values. CWRS prices were $2-$5 per tonne lower across the three Prairie provinces, with average values ranging from about $205 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $219 […] Read more

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Tag Archives Wheat

VIDEO: The gluten story

Wheat in study finds P where soil tests don’t

Argentina to restrict wheat export permits if low prices paid

Wheat basis muddied in Western Canada

Farmers say some low-quality grain grades inconsistent

Wheat models show climate change pressuring yields

Russia’s domestic wheat prices decline due to export curbs

Egypt says wheat stocks enough to last until early May

China expected to boost imports of protein-rich wheat

Prairie CWRS bids ease with U.S. futures

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