Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Prairie feed barley prices continue to hang tough in March, locked into a range established early this year. “We’re seeing a lot of bids in and around $205” per tonne, said Allen Pirness, a trader for Market Place Commodities at Lethbridge. Bids had been hitting around $210 per tonne, for example, on […] Read more
Feed barley bids rangebound in Western Canada
Monsanto settles more U.S. farmer claims over GM wheat
Reading Time: < 1 minute The 2013 discovery of experimental Roundup Ready wheat plants in a farmer’s field in Oregon has led the crop’s developer to settle suits brought by wheat growers in seven U.S. states. Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it had reached a settlement agreement with growers in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, stemming from Japan’s […] Read more
VIDEO: The many definitions of bread
Reading Time: < 1 minute Bread is on one hand one of the world’s most common foods, but on the other hand one of the most varied. In this video, staff at the Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) talk about the different types of bread around the world, and how they work with customers to determine the best type of […] Read more
Winning with Team Canada
Applying the lessons learned by farmers on overseas trade missions is the shrewdest marketing move you can make this year
Reading Time: 7 minutes Last issue I disputed the marketing ability of most Canadian grain producers. I argued that what most farmers, advisers, and the agriculture industry overall calls marketing is simply price taking, so it is not true marketing. That is not to say, though, that there aren’t farmers who are true marketers. Here are the thoughts of […] Read more
Prairie wheat bids rise with U.S. futures, improving basis
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) cash bids moved higher in Western Canada during the week ended Friday, underpinned by strength in U.S. wheat futures and improving basis levels. Average CWRS wheat prices were C$6 to more than $9 per tonne higher during the week, with bids […] Read more
State of Prairie winter wheat still unknown
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Snow cover is rapidly disappearing across Western Canada, but it will still be a few weeks until the extent of any damage to winter wheat across the Prairies is fully known. “It’s still wait-and-see,” said analyst Bruce Burnett of Winnipeg grain firm CWB. The crop won’t start re-growing until the overnight temperatures […] Read more
CWRS wheat bids edge higher, other classes soften
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada –– Wheat cash bids across Western Canada saw some minor adjustments during the week ended Friday, with Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) bids generally showing some improvement while other classes moved lower. Average CWRS wheat prices were steady to as much as $3 per tonne higher during the week, with bids ranging from […] Read more
VIDEO: The gluten story
Reading Time: < 1 minute If you’ve ever chewed a few kernels of wheat to make ‘gum,’ you’ve done a gluten test. Domestic and overseas wheat millers do a somewhat more sophisticated gluten test to determine how flour milled from different wheats will perform in a bakery. The gluten strength of different varieties has been in the news lately, and […] Read more
Fund selling keeps U.S. wheat futures pointed down
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada –– Chicago wheat futures dropped to fresh contract lows Thursday and have more room to the downside from a chart perspective as speculators continue to add to their short positions, according to a broker. “It’s a momentum trade here with the funds,” said Adam Knosalla, a broker with Frontier Futures in Minneapolis. “They’re […] Read more
Prairie wheat bids mixed; CWRS down, CPSR up
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Wheat cash bids across Western Canada only saw some minor adjustments during the week ended Friday, with some classes seeing small gains and other wheat classes down slightly. Average Canada Western Red Spring wheat prices were steady to as much as $3 per tonne lower during the week, with bids ranging from […] Read more
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