Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Western Canada spring wheat and durum yields this year look to fall from last year’s high levels, but the still bountiful production should offset some losses from flooded farms, leaders of a crop tour said on Thursday. The inaugural Cereals North America Canadian crop tour pegged spring wheat yield potential in the region […] Read more
W. Canada spring wheat, durum yields look second-biggest ever: crop tour
Saskatchewan canola crop development variable: crop tour
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS– The development of canola was clearly at varying stages of development in east central and southeast Saskatchewan during the third day of a crop tour organized by CWB (formerly the Canadian Wheat Board). On July 30, participants took a circuitous tour starting in Yorkton, then going northwest to Melfort, before once again heading south […] Read more
Slow sales, transportation keep Prairie feed grain supported
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS — Feed grain prices are above milling prices in some areas of Western Canada right now due to complicated travel logistics and patient farmers, says an industry analyst. “Just in general right now, farmers aren’t really big sellers of crop,” said Charlie Pearson, a provincial crops market analyst at Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development. […] Read more
Ag Canada tightens grain/oilseed stocks projections
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS — Ending stocks of Canada’s major grains and oilseeds at the close of the upcoming 2014/15 (Jul/Nov) crop year will be tighter than earlier projections, according to updated supply/demand tables released by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s market analysis branch on July 22. The latest tables take into account the latest acreage estimates released by […] Read more
Whether to spray for fusarium: flowering period is key
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wet weather in eastern Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba means farmers likely have fusarium head blight risk on their minds. But cereal grades are only at stake risk if environmental risks match up with flowering, a crop pathologist says. Vikram Bisht, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, says two or three […] Read more
Ukraine questions legal basis of Crimea’s grain exports
Reading Time: < 1 minute Moscow | Reuters — Ukraine protested over recent grain exports from Crimea on Thursday, questioning their legal basis following Russia’s annexation of the region and fuelling tensions between the two countries. Russia and Ukraine are the region’s main global grain exporters and rivals to supply customers in North Africa and the Middle East. Russia announced […] Read more
Barley acres down, but not expected to keep declining
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada’s farmers have seeded their smallest barley crop in 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, but an industry official says he doesn’t think it will remain so low in the long-term. StatsCan’s seeded acreage report on June 27 had pegged barley acreage at 6,089,000 acres, down from 7,082,500 acres in 2013. This […] Read more
ICE barley trades for first time in six months
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– The long-dormant barley contracts on the ICE Futures Canada platform saw a glimmer of life on Tuesday as buyers and sellers met up to make some actual trades for the first time in six months. Five October 2014 barley contracts changed hands at $125 per tonne, with commercial entities likely behind the […] Read more
Alta. cash barley prices begin to loosen
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Cash barley prices have begun to weaken in the key cattle feeding area of Lethbridge, Alta., as feedlots have shipped out many of their animals for the season and demand for feed starts to decrease. According to Jim Beusekom, grain broker at MarketPlace Commodities in Lethbridge, current delivery prices are around C$200 […] Read more
Don’t write off ICE Canada’s grain futures just yet
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Milling wheat and durum contracts offered by ICE Futures Canada have not seen any actual trade in over a year, and it’s been five months since feed barley last had any open interest — but the exchange isn’t ready to give up on the grain contracts just yet and will explore its […] Read more
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