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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Russian export uncertainty driving U.S. wheat futures

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Uncertainty over Russian exports has brought some volatility to U.S. wheat markets, with shifting speculation on the country’s intentions a major driver in day-to-day futures trade. “We’ve seen the market see-saw back and forth, with whatever Russia said (influencing) the way the market moved,” said market analyst Bryan Strommen of Progressive Ag […] Read more
Australia’s four grain export terminals are operated by farmers through their CBH co-op.
Guide Business, Spring Wheat

Australia’s approach to grain co-ops

Owned by 4,200 farmers, the giant CBH Group adds a whole new dimension to phrases like value-adding and diversification

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Reading Time: 6 minutes Given the demise of the prairie pools and the recent sales of a number of Canada’s new-generation co-operative grain terminals, it would be understandable if many Canadian farmers, grain traders, farm advisers and policy makers believe co-operative grain marketing ventures are simply not viable in today’s world. Just don’t try and tell that to Western […] Read more
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Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Opportunities in grain marketing

In a tough market, everyone says “shop your grain around.” But what’s the best way to do that?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes With strong grain prices over the past few years, marketing has been relatively easy. Sure, there’s been the perennial question of whether the market will go higher or lower. But finding profitable prices wasn’t exactly searching for a needle in a haystack. As long as they got the yield in the field, profits were largely […] Read more
Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Letter to the editor, Dec. 5, 2014

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Rod Nickel’s article,“Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints,” incorrectly states that there has been an increase in the number of complaints from buyers of Canadian wheat since the removal of the single desk marketing authority from the Canadian Wheat Board. Since 2011-12, the last crop year that Canadian wheat was marketed through the Canadian […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Canada’s wheat exports dogged by quality complaints

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters –– Buyers of Canadian wheat are increasingly complaining about quality ever since Ottawa changed how its biggest crop is sold and inspected, raising the risk the world’s third largest exporter will lose sales to rivals such as the U.S. EDITOR’S NOTE: Click HERE to read a Dec. 5 letter to the editor […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat

Asia’s mills eye Canada’s wheat as Australian supply slows

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Singapore | Reuters — Asian flour millers are looking at buying Canadian spring wheat for shipment early next year as supplies from drought-hit Australia are likely to remain slow, traders said. Canadian western red spring wheat is being offered at around $345 a tonne, including cost and freight, nearly unchanged from last week, while Australia […] Read more

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