Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids held relatively steady during the week ended Feb. 3, with small price declines in some areas and increases in others.
Cereals
Prairie CWRS wheat bids mixed to start February
Feed Grains Weekly: More consideration being given to U.S. corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes There’s beginning to be a shift within the Canadian Prairie feed market towards importing United States corn, said Darcy Haley, vice-president of Ag Value Brokers in Lethbridge.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices climb in most locales
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian cash prices for spring wheat and durum were mostly higher during the week ended Jan. 27, supported by gains in the United States wheat complex.
Big oat crop in 2025/26 pointing to less acres next year
Reading Time: < 1 minute Oat acres in Canada are likely to recede this spring with cash prices to remain low, said Scott Shiels, grain procurement manager for Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask.
CBOT Weekly: Expect sideways trading for now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Look for trading of soybeans, corn and wheat at the Chicago Board of Trade remain sideways for the balance of January, perhaps longer, said Ryan Ettner, broker with Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill.
Prairie CWRS wheat bids firm to start 2026
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canada Western Red Spring wheat bids moved higher in early January, as support from a weaker Canadian dollar countered the bearish influence of small declines for spring wheat futures in the United States.
Feed Grain Weekly: Higher export prices could push up those for feed
Reading Time: 2 minutes If there’s one bright spot in the Prairie feed grain market that would be export prices for barley and wheat. Susanne Leclerc of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton said the grain elevators have upped their prices in order to meet export demand.
CBOT Weekly: USDA reports could support prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Tom Lilja, an analyst from Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D., expects corn and soybeans yields to be trimmed ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply/demand estimates release on Jan. 12, 2026.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: CWRS slips, as CPSR, durum rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat cash prices were mixed while those for durum were a little higher across the Canadian Prairies for the two-week period ended Jan. 6.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Modest increases for cash prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat and durum cash prices were moderately higher across the Canadian Prairies for the week ended Dec. 19. This was despite losses in Chicago and Kansas City wheat and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada projecting larger all wheat ending stocks for 2025/26. Minneapolis wheat bumped up on the week, lending some support to Canadian cash prices.
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