Reading Time: 2 minutes Cash wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies were hit hard during the week ended June 6, due to sharp declines in the United States wheat complex. That resulted in double-digit losses for Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canadian Western Amber Durum.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Weaker U.S. wheat pulls down Prairie prices
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Western Canadian bids show small declines
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most Western Canadian wheat bids weakened a little during the week ended May 30 as spring wheat continued to be planted and winter wheat began its harvest.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids on the rise
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bids for Canadian Western Red Spring (CWRS) and Canadian Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) wheat varieties were higher for the week ended May 16. The price rises were mainly due to stronger United States wheat futures and weather concerns at home and abroad.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Prices mixed at end of tumultuous week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Prices for wheat on the Canadian Prairies were either side of steady by the week ended May 9. There were losses for Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canadian Western Amber Durum, but Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat incurred increases.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Weaker loonie generates increases
Reading Time: 2 minutes There were small to modest gains in wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies for the week ended Apr. 18. Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat, Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat, and Canadian Western Amber Durum made advances despite losses in the United States wheat complex.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat advances, durum lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian spring wheat bids were steady to higher during the week ended April 11, while durum prices fell below the C$400 per tonne mark entirely.
Net short position in canola continues to shrink
Reading Time: < 1 minute Managed money fund traders continue to chip away at the large net short position in canola futures, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Red spring mixed, durum pushes up
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies were mixed during the week ended Mar. 31. Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat and Canadian Western Amber Durum were lower, while there were increases Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat.
Spring wheat futures find support, soybeans/corn rangebound
Reading Time: 2 minutes After hitting their softest levels in three years, the Minneapolis spring wheat market uncovered some support on April 3, although all the spring-seeded U.S. crops could hold rangebound through the planting season.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Mixed bids for spring wheat, durum higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Western Canadian bids for Canadian Prairie Red Spring (CPRS) and durum wheat were higher, but there were declines in Canadian Western Red Spring prices during the period of March 21 to 27.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
