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Prairie cash wheat prices up as U.S. futures move higher

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Average cash bids for wheat were firmer across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, lifted by strengthening U.S. futures and improving basis levels for some classes of wheat. CWRS (Canada Western Red Spring) prices were up between C$10 and $16 compared to a week ago, with the best pricing opportunities still […] Read more
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Russia surprises peers with early wheat export market exit

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Reading Time: 3 minutes London/Moscow | Reuters — Russian wheat has made a surprise early exit from key global export markets, despite the country’s near-record crop, after domestic prices rose in the fallout from the Ukraine crisis. With a bumper crop and the rouble close to historic lows, Russia could reasonably be expected to actively supply wheat to key […] Read more
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Prairie CWRS bids up with improving basis

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were firmer across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, lifted by improving basis levels in many areas as quality problems and slow harvest progress remain a concern for the Canadian spring wheat crop. The highest CWRS prices were still available in […] Read more
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U.S. says unapproved genetically modified wheat found in Montana

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — Monsanto’s experimental genetically engineered wheat, never approved for sale, has been found growing in a second U.S. state, and regulators said Friday they could not explain how the plants escaped field trials that ended almost a decade ago. About a year after discovery of the company’s unapproved wheat in a single Oregon field […] Read more
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Unusually large Canadian wheat cargo set to unload in France

Reading Time: < 1 minute Paris | Reuters –– An unusually large cargo of Canadian wheat was due to unload at Rouen, northern France, this week, port data showed on Thursday, adding to evidence that buyers are being forced to offset lower quality grain from this year’s French harvest. France usually imports small amounts of high-quality Canadian wheat — used […] Read more
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Calculators needed to make sense of Prairie wheat bids

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Consistent wheat pricing can still be a struggle to find across Western Canada, two years into the new open market. A lack of consistency can make it difficult to compare pricing from one delivery point to the next, leaving farmers uncertain just how much their wheat is worth. While one elevator may […] Read more
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Wheat bids slide with U.S. futures

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat moved down across Western Canada during the week ended Friday, as continued losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. The highest CWRS prices were still available in Manitoba, but average bids in the province declined by $8 from the previous week, coming in at roughly […] Read more
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U.S. spring wheat protein premiums soar after wet, cool summer

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Chicago | Reuters — Cash prices for top quality U.S. hard red spring wheat are soaring as the rain-delayed harvest throws up lower-than-average protein levels, and traders and analysts said outsized premiums are likely to continue for months. Farmers are expecting the largest harvest in four years as wet, cool weather swells yields. But that […] Read more

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