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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Cash wheat market up slightly with U.S. futures

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — Cash bids for Prairie wheat were steady to slightly higher during the week ended Friday, finding support from strength in U.S. wheat futures markets. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were steady to C$3.50 per tonne higher, with bids ranging from about $186 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $204 […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Wheats in CWRS, CPSR classes up for review

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Owners of Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheat varieties have until month’s end to decide whether to put their products through more trials, or let their varieties be reclassified. The Canadian Grain Commission on Friday announced a review of the CWRS and CPSR wheat classes will start immediately, citing […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

U.S. wheat futures hit new lows, more losses likely

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– All three U.S. wheat futures markets hit fresh contract lows on Tuesday — and further losses are likely, as most fundamental and technical factors remain bearish. “The trend certainly hasn’t been positive,” said market analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D. He cited improving U.S. winter wheat conditions, favourable weather […] Read more
Crops, Weather

Warm weather aids seeding, but winter still lingers

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A late spring snowstorm will delay seeding operations in northern Saskatchewan, but better weather across most other areas of the Prairies is allowing producers to make headway getting this year’s crop in the ground. Up to 30 centimetres of snow fell in and around Saskatoon on Saturday and Sunday, knocking out power […] Read more
durum wheat kernels
Cereals, Crops

Developing new seed varieties for better crops

Reducing risk for the entire grain industry is key to variety development

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s not easy growing grain for a living. Between bad weather, plant disease, insects, rising input costs and fluctuating markets, it can be tough to make a buck. That’s why new seed varieties are so important to Canadian wheat growers, says Ron DePauw, a senior wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s, Semi-Arid Prairie Agricultural […] Read more
grain grading
Crops, Spring Wheat

Quality issues with some wheat crops, but it’s not all bad

With 2014 in the bin, there may be pricing opportunities as the trade turns to blending to hit grade specs

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Reading Time: 5 minutes Just over a year ago, Bruce Burnett, the Canadian Wheat Board’s head of weather and crop research, stood in front of the 2014 Cereals North America conference and spun the unlikely tale of a late harvest that delivered a large and high-quality crop. Rolling the clock forward to this fall, Burnett again took the podium, […] Read more
Australia’s four grain export terminals are operated by farmers through their CBH co-op.
Guide Business, Spring Wheat

Australia’s approach to grain co-ops

Owned by 4,200 farmers, the giant CBH Group adds a whole new dimension to phrases like value-adding and diversification

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Given the demise of the prairie pools and the recent sales of a number of Canada’s new-generation co-operative grain terminals, it would be understandable if many Canadian farmers, grain traders, farm advisers and policy makers believe co-operative grain marketing ventures are simply not viable in today’s world. Just don’t try and tell that to Western […] Read more

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