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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed amid conflicting influences

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat bids across Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $7.60-$11.60 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Stronger crop prospects, loonie lower bids

MGEX, K.C. wheat down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s projected increases for domestic and worldwide wheat ending stocks, along with a strengthening Canadian dollar, brought pressure onto western Canadian wheat bids for the week ended Thursday. In its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) report on Wednesday, USDA showed a projected 1.78 million-tonne rise in […] Read more
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Prairie cash wheat: Bids down despite cold weather, Russian tensions

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – Despite a wide array of factors which would have provided support to prices, Prairie wheat was in the red for the week ended Dec. 30. With areas already experiencing dry conditions, a large cold snap hit both the Prairie provinces in Canada and the Southern Plains in the United States. For the latter, […] Read more
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Prairie cash wheat: Prices booked remarkable upswing in 2021

U.S. wheat futures well up on year

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — There were huge gains in wheat prices in Western Canada this past year. Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats shot up by $200 per tonne or more, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) spiked well in excess of $400 per tonne. Significant increases in U.S. […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids show small gains

Minneapolis, K.C. March wheats up on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Growing drought concerns in the U.S. and improved export numbers led to higher bids for western Canadian wheat for the week ended Thursday. However, a mid-week selloff on the futures market held back some gains. The southern U.S. Plains, which are a growing area for hard red winter wheat, have been affected by […] Read more
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Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Growing wheat in Eastern Canada

Public wheat breeding is gaining steam in the East with aggressive new variety goals

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Reading Time: 6 minutes It’s been an incredible 20 months for researchers working with wheat in Canada and around the world. In that time, the industry has seen the release of its first transgenic variety (a drought-tolerant wheat in Argentina), and it has also wrapped up more than 13 years of mapping the wheat genome.  The latter is a […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Lower U.S. prices pull back bids

U.S. March wheat futures down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat bids in Western Canada retreated by double digits for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats, while those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) declined more moderately. Significant decreases in U.S. wheat markets and a stronger Canadian dollar combined to weaken Prairie prices. Average CWRS (13.5 protein) […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids mixed, watching futures and currency

U.S. wheat futures down on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Wheat bids across Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Thursday, as losses in U.S. futures were countered by the supportive influence of a weaker Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $5.20-$10.10 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Smaller crops likely in StatsCan survey-based report

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Mindful of the summer drought conditions that seriously cut into crop production across the Prairies, average trade estimates call for downward revisions to Statistics Canada’s already-small forecasts for most crops when the it releases its first survey-based estimates of the marketing year on Friday. While prior reports, in September and August, were compiled […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Red springs rising, durum retreats

U.S. wheat futures up on week

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Cash bids on the Prairies climbed higher for Canada Western Red Spring Wheat (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) wheats, but those for Canada Western Amber Durum (CWAD) incurred sharp decreases. Gains in most U.S. wheat markets led to the increases on the Prairies, which were also aided by a weaker Canadian […] Read more

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