Reading Time: < 1 minute Wheat production in the United Kingdom is forecast to turn around in 2025/26 after falling back the previous year, the United States Department of Agriculture reported on June 9.
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U.K. wheat output to swing higher in 2025/26
Wheat production fell last year for several reasons
Tariffs on canola seen supercharging Canadian farmers’ shift to spring wheat
U.S. Great Plains farmers skipping the cereal in favour of more profitable crops
Reading Time: 4 minutes The prospect of Chinese and U.S. tariffs on canola have prompted Western Canadian farmers to seed more wheat.
U.S. grains: Chicago futures firm on weather, U.S.-China trade optimism
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago grains and soybeans firmed on Friday as expectations improved for U.S.-China trade relations after leaders of the two countries spoke and agreed to further discussions.
Drop in U.S. bulk exports highlighted by USDA report
Down 10 points in three years says FAS
Reading Time: 2 minutes Since 2020, bulk exports out of the United States rose and then fell back, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture report released on June 6. Issued by the USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service, the Rise and Fall of Bulk Commodities cited several reasons for the drop in bulk exports.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Mixed prices across the region
Higher U.S. prices encourage stronger cash prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat were mostly higher during the week ended June 5, while those for amber durum moved lower.
Cereals Canada hub receives international support
U.K. bakery Warburtons contributes $650,000 to Global Agriculture Technology Exchange
Reading Time: 2 minutes Warburtons, the United Kingdom's largest bakery, committed $650,000 in contributions to the Global Agriculture Technology Exchange on June 5.
U.S. grains: Soybean futures rise on U.S.-China trade optimism
Wheat futures rise amid Russia-Ukraine tensions
Reading Time: 2 minutes Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures climbed to a one-week high on Thursday on optimism about the U.S. trade relationship with China, the world's largest soybean buyer, after leaders of the two countries spoke by phone for more than an hour.
Feed Grain Weekly: Demand, supply matching each other
Dryness having little impact on feed prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute Demand for feed grains continued to hold up fairly good with ongoing dry conditions on the Canadian Prairies not having much of an impact on prices, said Brandon Motz, a manager at CorNine Commodities in Lacombe, Alta.
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U.S. grains: Wheat prices climb amid Ukraine-Russia unrest
China's dry weather may impact wheat harvests
Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. wheat futures rose more than one per cent on Wednesday as signs of a hardening conflict between Ukraine and Russia and worries about dryness in China appeared to spark a round of short-covering, analysts said.