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U.S. grains: Spring wheat futures top US$7 on weather worries

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures surged 3.4 percent on Wednesday, topping US$7 a bushel for the first time in nearly three years on worries that stressful weather will curb production of the high-quality milling wheat, analysts said. The jump in Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) spring wheat lifted Chicago Board of Trade wheat […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Spring wheat near three-year high on dry weather

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. spring wheat futures hit their highest level in nearly three years on Tuesday on forecasts for stressful weather in the northern Plains, analysts said. Corn and soybean futures also climbed after a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) report said the condition of all three U.S. crops was worse than analysts […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: CBOT wheat falls on profit-taking

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat prices fell about two per cent on Monday, extending their slide to four sessions on profit-taking after a run-up to one-year highs last week, analysts said. Corn and soybeans rose in a light recovery bounce from multimonth lows set last week, and Minneapolis Grain Exchange spring […] Read more
Soybeans in Ontario, June 2016. (Ralph Pearce photo)
Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

U.S. grains: Soy hits 17-month low, corn two-month low

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures touched a 17-month low and corn fell to a roughly two-month low on Thursday, pressured by forecasts for cooler weather conditions that could reduce stress on developing crops, traders and analysts said. Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures followed corn lower, declining for the second straight session even […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Corn sags on U.S. weather

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures fell more than two per cent on Monday on forecasts for mostly benign weather in the Midwest as the crop heads into its pollination phase next month, analysts said. Corn closed near its session lows and appeared to drag down soybeans as well. Chicago Board of Trade July […] Read more
Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies to highest since June 2016

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures rallied 2.6 per cent on Friday to their highest in nearly a year, with concerns about shortfalls in the U.S. crop sparking a round of short-covering by investment funds, traders said. Corn futures also were higher, but forecasts for rain in key growing areas of […] Read more
This batch of bread made with CWRS rose nicely in part because there is some salt in the dough.
Cereals, Crops

Cutting down on the salt

Bakers at Cigi are showing international customers how to bake bread with less sodium

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Reading Time: 3 minutes The bakers at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) are hearing the same message as the rest of us: Cut down on the salt. “The aim of Cigi’s pilot bakery is to replicate what the industry does,” says Yvonne Supeene, head of baking technology. “We reduced the salt level in all bread formulations, and in […] Read more

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