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Chicago oats rally with Prairie rains, for now

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Oat prices at the Chicago Board of Trade have advanced as rain soaks Canada’s crops, but one U.S. analyst doesn’t expect those gains to hold. Close to half of Canada’s seeded oat area is in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada data shows, and some parts of the province have seen heavy rains and flooding. […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets

Prairie wheat bids soften with U.S. futures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Spring wheat cash bids across Western Canada softened during the week ended Friday, as a downturn in U.S. futures put pressure on prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by roughly $5 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […] Read more
Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)
Cereals, Crops, Reuters

Egypt to follow global standard for ergot starting Tuesday

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cairo | Reuters — Egypt will allow up to 0.05 per cent ergot, a common grains fungus, in wheat shipments beginning on Tuesday, confirming the end of a months-long standoff just before the country re-enters the international wheat market. Reuters exclusively reported on July 4 that a ministerial decree would allow the world’s top wheat […] Read more
A wheat crop in standing water. (Colton Yoder photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Spring Wheat, Weather

Wet wheat weather watched worldwide

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Generous rainfall has benefited but also boosted the risk of disease on wheat crops in much of Canada and the U.S., and has also cut into grain quality in parts of Europe. However, according to Drew Lerner of U.S. forecast agency World Weather Inc., conditions during the harvest season will be the […] Read more
In Canada, more than 50 per cent of the barley seeded is grown for malt.
Barley, Crops

Can the beef value of beer barley be rated with just one test?

Barley that fails to meet malt grade makes it the most common grain fed to feedlot cattle

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Reading Time: 4 minutes After wheat and canola, barley is the most prominent crop in Western Canada. From 2005 to 2014, an average of 7.9 million acres was seeded resulting in an average annual production of 9.2 million metric tonnes. Barley grain has two primary end uses: as malt for beer or as livestock feed. On average, the value […] Read more
Sunset in Egypt on the Nile River south of Luxor. (CIA.gov)
Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt appoints new top wheat buyer

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Cairo | Reuters — Egypt appointed a new head on Sunday for its state wheat-importing body — one of the most influential positions in the global wheat market — as it remains mired in a dispute over the quality of grain it will buy. Minister of Supply Khaled Hanafi told Reuters Ahmed Youssef has been […] Read more
The Nile River at Cairo. (CIA.gov)
Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Egypt’s parliament to look into wheat fraud allegations

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s parliament has set up a fact-finding commission that will look into allegations of corruption in local wheat procurement. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, this month announced a government-led inspection of wheat silos after an unusually high procurement figure prompted allegations of possible fraud from top industry officials, traders and […] Read more
Darwin Tatel of the San Miguel Mill in Batangas, Philippines examines pasta technology during a technical exchange at Cigi.
Cereals, News

Cigi coaxing Philippines back to Canadian wheat

The Institute is wooing Filipino millers after a period of poor gluten strength 
and low protein drove them to American wheat suppliers

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Reading Time: 3 minutes For years Darwin Tatel used Canadian wheat at the San Miguel Mill in Batangas, Philippines, but then something changed. “We stopped using CWRS awhile back when we encountered some problems in terms of quality,” said the head miller, who was in Winnipeg to take part in a technical exchange program at the Canadian International Grains […] Read more
Dozens of prospective varieties are sampled for milling and baking characteristics before they can be recommended to become part of a Canadian wheat class.
Cereals, Crops

Showing how new wheat varieties perform

Cigi represents the end-use customer at the table when new varieties are being considered for registration

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Last February the Prairie Grain Development Committee recommended registration of crop lines that included 27 new wheat varieties. Technical staff from the Canadian International Grains Institute participated on quality evaluation teams involved in the recommendations, representing end-use interests of customers of Canadian grains from around the world. “The annual meeting is designed to evaluate data […] Read more

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