Reading Time: 2 minutes Cairo | Reuters — The price of wheat and flour used to make unsubsidized bread has spiked in Egypt as importers struggle to pay for wheat stuck at ports amid a dollar shortage, traders and the country’s chamber of cereals told Reuters this week. Around 700,000 tonnes of wheat haven’t been released from customs, causing […] Read more
Egypt’s private sector wheat imports stall due to dollar shortage
"We are in the red zone"
Prairie cash wheat: Weaker loonie underpins bids
U.S. wheat futures down on week
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada strengthened during the week ended Thursday, as sharp declines in the Canadian dollar boosted basis levels and more than made up for the bearish influence of softening U.S. futures. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $4.10-$5.40 per tonne […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie barley market still strong
Availability of trucks remains an issue
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The feed barley market remains strong despite the influx of freshly harvested supplies, with little competition from other feed sources. “The markets have been coming up steadily, with what feels like no harvest pressure,” said Suzanne Leclerc, owner of Market Master Ltd. in Edmonton. “People were hoping the market would get lower and […] Read more
No ROI for seed treatments — so far
Results to date were from dry years, so watch for 2022 results
Reading Time: 3 minutes Sometimes it’s all or nothing where Mother Nature is concerned. The growing seasons in 2020 and 2021 were both dry, so it’s perhaps not surprising that in a trial designed to quantify the impact of using a seed treatment on spring wheat, there’d be very little return on investment in those years. It’ll be more […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: External factors raise bids
U.S. wheat futures gain on the week
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Despite the usual harvest pressures, western Canadian wheat bids jumped during the week ended Thursday, largely due to geopolitical and macroeconomic factors. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday again raised its key interest rate to combat rising inflation — this time a 75 basis point increase, to 3.25 per cent. The rate hike […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Good grain yields seen in Saskatchewan, Manitoba
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Despite delays in the ongoing barley and wheat harvests across the eastern Prairies, early indications have suggested healthy amounts of grain production. “Eastern Saskatchewan and Manitoba still have a bit of harvest to go, but generally the yields are good,” Glen Loyns, general manager of JGL Commodities at Moose Jaw, Sask., said. “Quality […] Read more
Winter wheat is a kochia killer
Its head start in the spring gives it an advantage over the troublesome weed
Reading Time: 3 minutes As a yield-limiting weed, kochia has a lot going for it. A single plant can spread tens of thousands of seeds over a wide area after it dries out and starts travelling like a tumbleweed. All kochia across the Prairies is considered resistant to ALS inhibitors (Group 2), but kochia can also be resistant to […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: Bids move higher
U.S. wheat futures gain on week
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada strengthened during the week ended Thursday, as gains in U.S. futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support. The advances came despite seasonal harvest pressure and an upward revision to Statistics Canada’s production estimate for the country’s spring wheat crop. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain bids see surprising harvest strength
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Feed grain bids in Western Canada have shown some strength in recent weeks, despite the advancing harvest. “We’ve been seeing a rally through harvest, which is an odd thing,” grain merchant Jay Janzen of CorNine Commodities at Lacombe, Alta. said. He tied the unseasonable strength to solid demand and a lack of significant […] Read more
Shorter straw, longer crop
More wheat growers are finding the benefits of plant growth regulators
Reading Time: 5 minutes Wheat growers always want to boost yields and cut costs, but this year’s combination of high prices and high input costs has called for an even sharper pencil. That’s led to heightened management in managing cereals — and winter wheat, in particular — with greater intensity than in the past. The success of the Great […] Read more
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