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Iraq buys 200,000 tonnes hard wheat from Canada, U.S., Australia

By Reuters, GFM Network News December 29, 2014

Hamburg | Reuters — Iraq’s state grains board has purchased 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat to be sourced from Canada, the U.S. and Australia in an international tender for at least 50,000 tonnes, European traders said on Monday. The purchase comprised 100,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, 50,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat and 50,000 tonnes of […] Read more

Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from rally fuelled by Russia export worries

By GFM Network News December 24, 2014

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. grain and soybean futures slumped on Wednesday, with wheat dropping by 4 per cent in a setback from a rally fuelled by concerns over Russian export restrictions. The market extended a retreat from gains last week amid talk that Russia, expected to be the world’s fourth-largest exporter this year, won’t impose grain export duties until Feb. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

CME Group imposes rare halt on wheat futures trading

By GFM Network News December 18, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group briefly halted electronic trading in U.S. wheat futures overnight on Thursday, after prices sank 1.6 per cent in one second as concerns about Russian export curbs roiled the market. The 10-second pause represented only the fourth time this year that the world’s largest futures exchange operator has interrupted trading […] Read more

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather, Winter Wheat

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

By GFM Network News December 17, 2014

CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,” […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

CWRS wheat bids edge up across Prairies

By GFM Network News December 15, 2014

CNS Canada –– Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat edged up by a dollar per tonne on average during the week ended Friday. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price rose to just under $234 per tonne, from $233 the previous week. Gains were similar across the rest of the Prairies, with […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Weather

UAE-Egypt alliance expands to desert wheat venture

By GFM Network News December 9, 2014

Abu Dhabi/Cairo | Reuters — Egypt and two companies from its strong backer United Arab Emirates have embarked on an ambitious plan to grow wheat in the desert that could boost the Cairo government’s credibility if successful. Egypt, the world’s biggest wheat importer, has long aspired to become self-sufficient in its staple food through various […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

New fusarium control on the horizon

Farmers who spray fungicides for fusarium may soon have a new biocontrol to consider

By Julienne Isaacs December 8, 2014

Fusarium head blight is a perennial problem for cereal growers across the Prairies. A fungal disease that can impact many small grain cereals including wheat, rye, barley and oats, fusarium is caused by infection by species of the fungal pathogen Fusarium, and can result in yield losses and reductions in grade and end-use quality. It […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie CWRS wheat bids edge down

By GFM Network News December 8, 2014

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved lower during the week ended Friday, despite a firmer tone in U.S. futures as basis levels slipped slightly. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price declined to C$234 per tonne, from $236 the previous week. Average losses of $1 to $5 per […] Read more

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Letter to the editor, Dec. 5, 2014

By GFM Network News December 5, 2014

Rod Nickel’s article,“Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints,” incorrectly states that there has been an increase in the number of complaints from buyers of Canadian wheat since the removal of the single desk marketing authority from the Canadian Wheat Board. Since 2011-12, the last crop year that Canadian wheat was marketed through the Canadian […] Read more

Cereals, Crops

High fusarium levels in southeast Sask.

If your elevator agents tells you you’re seed has low fusarium level, take it to the lab anyway

By Leeann Minogue December 4, 2014

Bonnie Ernst, owner and operator of Prairie Diagnostic Seed Lab at Weyburn, Sask., says she’s been seeing much higher levels of fusarium than usual this year. In wheat, “this year the total is averaging around 14 per cent. The per cent graminearum in that is averaging around 10 per cent.” This preliminary southeast Saskatchewan snapshot […] Read more

Daily Network News

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Agriculture groups welcome seed, fertilizer approval bill

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