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Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Canadian wheat bids mixed despite continued U.S. losses

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Reading Time: < 1 minute Average bids for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat weakened slightly during week ended July 21 at a cross section of delivery points across Western Canada. However, Canadian bids lagged the U.S. futures to the downside and basis improvements were seen at many locations. On July 21, average spot bids for 13.5% CWRS across Manitoba, […] Read more
Cereals, Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: U.S. corn drops to four-year low as weather stays favourable

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Reading Time: 2 minutes U.S. corn futures fell 2 per cent to a four-year low on Monday with all months notching contract lows as ideal weather in the heart of the Midwest signaled a bumper harvest, traders said. Soybeans were also sharply lower, with wheat following suit. At the Chicago Board of Trade at 12:05 p.m. CDT (1705 GMT), […] Read more
Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

GRAINS: Wheat futures fall a day after Ukraine crash price spike

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell 3.4 per cent on Friday, erasing gains posted a day earlier following the downing of a Malaysian commercial airliner over eastern Ukraine, while Chicago Board of Trade corn futures also declined and soybeans were mostly lower. Investors were worried an escalation of the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, both […] Read more
Whether to spray for fusarium: flowering period is key
Barley, Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Whether to spray for fusarium: flowering period is key

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Wet weather in eastern Saskatchewan and much of Manitoba means farmers likely have fusarium head blight risk on their minds. But cereal grades are only at stake risk if environmental risks match up with flowering, a crop pathologist says. Vikram Bisht, field crop pathologist with Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, says two or three […] Read more
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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Prairie wheat bids steady overall

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat showed some improvement at many delivery points across Western Canada during the week ended Monday, and held steady overall despite sharp declines in U.S. futures. Average spot bids for CWRS (13.5 per cent protein) across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta came in Monday at […] Read more
Micro-milling 
samples allows further analytical testing of small samples of 
early-generation grain.
Cereals, Production, Spring Wheat

A faster start

Cigi takes on early-generation testing in support of new wheat varieties

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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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Cereals, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Spring wheat bids decline for fourth straight week

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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

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