Reading Time: 3 minutes Testing early-generation samples is an important part of a process that is ultimately intended to improve the quality of Canadian wheat varieties. To support this process, the facilities at Cigi (the Canadian International Grains Institute) were put to the test from last November to the end of March, with more grain samples than ever coming […] Read more
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Cigi takes on early-generation testing in support of new wheat varieties
More room to downside for falling wheat futures
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures have posted large losses over the past two months, but could be headed lower still as the winter wheat harvest moves northward and the country’s spring wheat crop is reported to be in good shape for the time being, said an analyst. CBOT soft wheat futures are currently trading […] 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
Spring wheat bids decline for fourth straight week
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPRS) continued their downward slide during the week ended Monday, as losses in the U.S. wheat futures weighed on values for the fourth straight week. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and […] Read more
Prairie Pest Monitoring Network weekly update for July 2, 2014
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Prairie Pest Monitoring Network has released its latest report. This week’s issue contains a review of weather for the season so far, and reviews of modelling and control procedures for wheat midge, diamondback moth, bertha armyworm, cabbage seedpod weevil, swede midge and flea beetles. Also provided is a weather synopsis and the accumulated precipitation […] Read more
Shipping delays push oat prices downward
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The backlogged rail system in Canada has slowly started to move for certain commodities, but oats continue to remain on the shipping backburner, pushing prices lower according to some industry participants. While oat prices at larger companies right now are quite poor, bidding at under $1 per bushel, there are some specialty-type […] Read more
Prairie CWRS cash bids fall below $5 a bushel
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) moved lower during the week ended June 30, with CWRS bids falling below the $5 a bushel mark. Losses seen in U.S. wheat futures after a bearish U.S. Department of Agriculture report on Monday were responsible for […] Read more
Egypt expanding efforts to ease food subsidy costs
Reading Time: 3 minutes Cairo | Reuters — Egypt is expanding its use of modern technology to tackle decades-old problems of corruption and waste in its costly food subsidies system as the government pursues reforms to ease the strain on state finances. Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said some 25 million Egyptian families who already have electronic smart cards for […] Read more
Brazil to open added tariff-free import quota for wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Brasilia | Reuters — The Brazilian government plans to reduce to zero the 10 per cent import tariff applied to non-Mercosur wheat for a quota of up to one million tonnes through Aug. 15, a source in the government with knowledge of the plan said Wednesday. Brazil, regularly one of the world’s leading importers of […] Read more
Cargill invests $100M to expand Russian wheat milling
Reading Time: < 1 minute Chicago | Reuters — Agribusiness giant Cargill said Thursday it has invested US$100 million to expand its wheat milling at its Efremov, Russia, grain complex, nearly doubling its processing capacity to 500,000 tonnes of wheat a year. The Efremov complex, which employs more than 800 people, produces starches and sweeteners from corn, barley, wheat and […] Read more
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