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U.S. grains: Soybeans extend rebound on robust export demand

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures jumped on Friday, extending a rebound from 3-1/2-month lows hit earlier this week, as strong export demand offset supply pressure linked to bumper harvest prospects. Wheat futures also climbed while corn crept higher as the grain markets consolidated after falling to 10-year and near two-year lows, respectively, this […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Wheat, corn pressured by rising stockpiles

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures fell on Thursday on disappointing export sales and prospects for rising global inventories, traders said. Soybean futures closed steady to modestly higher as a pick-up in export demand helped a cautious market rebound from multi-month lows this week. At the Chicago Board of Trade, September wheat […] Read more



Yulia Borsuk, Cigi’s technical specialist in baking (l), demonstrates the properties of Canadian wheat at a bakery in Peru.

Promoting Canadian wheat in Latin America

Customers in Peru and Chile like the quality of CWRS, and are interested in more CPSR

Reading Time: 3 minutes For several years Latin American customers of Canadian wheat and durum have met with technical staff from the Canadian International Grains Institute to learn about analytical techniques and processes to evaluate wheat and flour quality. Most recently representatives from Cigi’s baking, milling and analytical services areas spent time in Chile and Peru. While in Chile, […] Read more



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Prairie wheat bids tick downward

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada recorded minor losses during the week ended Friday. The declines were traced to weakness in U.S. futures and some minor strengthening in the Canadian dollar. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $3 per tonne, according to price […] Read more


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Japan, Korea block certain U.S. wheat varieties

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Japan and South Korea have both taken steps to block certain imports of U.S. wheat after unapproved genetically-modified (GMO) plants from Monsanto seeds were found growing in Washington state, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Monday. Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry said it will […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Soy tumbles on favourable weather

Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures slipped about four per cent on Monday as forecasts for favourable weather in the Midwestern crop belt prompted investors to liquidate long positions, traders said. Corn and wheat followed soybeans lower, and declines in the energy sector pressured the broader commodity sector. The 19-market Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB […] Read more


Saskatchewan crops battle through moisture

Reading Time: < 1 minute Commodity News Service Canada – Saskatchewan crops are in generally good condition despite recent wet and windy weather, says the Saskatchewan government. In a release, the province said sixty-two per cent of the spring wheat, winter wheat, flax and canola was in good condition as of July 25. Lentils are rated as 15 per cent excellent, […] Read more

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Tour shows wheat yields in central, Northwestern North Dakota near to or above average

Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters – Spring wheat prospects in central and northwest North Dakota are near to or above average, aided by favourable weather, scouts on one leg of an annual crop tour said on Wednesday. Crop scouts on the Wheat Quality Council’s tour travelling one route in west-central North Dakota made three stops and projected an average […] Read more