Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat cash prices were higher for the week ended Nov. 21, but those from amber durum stepped back. Support came from higher United States wheat futures, that were pushed upward by heightened tensions in the Russia-Ukraine war. However, Prairie prices also felt the weight of a stronger Canadian dollar.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat rises, durum falls back
Feed Grain Weekly: Prices ‘percolating sideways’
Transportation issues push up barley prices
Reading Time: < 1 minute As winter conditions descended on Alberta, prices for feed grains bumped up a little, but were otherwise "percolating sideways," stated Jim Beusekom of Market Place Commodities in Lethbridge.
CBOT Weekly: Pros and cons for U.S. soybeans, corn, wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes As the likelihood of tariffs loom over United States soybean, corn and wheat exports, that trio of commodities has been facing their share of pros and cons, said analyst Tom Lilja of Progressive Ag in Fargo, N.D.
ICE Canada Weekly: Sideways trading likely until Trump sworn in
Uncertainty over policies of president-elect
Reading Time: 2 minutes As to where canola and other grains go in the coming months is somewhat uncertain, said analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg. He pointed directly at the incoming Trump administration in the United States and the policies the president-elect has been touting.
CBOT Weekly: U.S. election drags down soybeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes Results from the United States election pulled down soybean prices at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Nov. 13, 2024.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Spring wheat bids rise, durum down
Reading Time: 2 minutes Spring wheat bids in Western Canada were slightly higher than the week before on Nov. 7, 2024. Meanwhile, durum prices were a bit lower.
Russia seeks more control over global food prices with BRICS grain exchange
Reading Time: 2 minutes Russia is proposing BRICS countries set up a grain exchange that would give Moscow greater control over international prices for its agricultural exports, ahead of a group summit that will be attended by leaders of top global grain producers and buyers.
Feed Grain Weekly: Less activity before corn deliveries
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite a lack of activity in the feed grain markets, prices for feed barley and feed grain are trending lower, according to a grain broker from Edmonton.
Harsh weather curbs global wheat output, buoys prices
Reading Time: 3 minutes World wheat inventories have fallen from record highs five years ago, U.S. data shows, as poor weather hurt output and Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine temporarily spiked grain prices.
CBOT Weekly: USDA report, short-covering raising prices
Reading Time: 2 minutes The USDA Quarterly Grain Stocks report as of Sept. 1 caused prices at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) to rise during the week ended Oct. 2, 2024.
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