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Prairie wheat bids dragged down by rallying loonie
Grain Markets, Markets

Prairie wheat bids dragged down by rallying loonie

Minneapolis and Kansas City March wheat futures were both down on the week

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Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly weaker for the week ended Jan. 11, as a stronger Canadian dollar weighed on prices. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down, falling $3-$4 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and
Dry conditions can have lingering effects like higher pesticide residue levels that must be managed at the farm level to protect trade opportunities.
Crops

A risky business

Moisture extremes are just one of the realities that make farming in Manitoba a real challenge and can affect trade

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In recent years grain production in Manitoba has been batted from one weather extreme to another. There have been cool, wet seasons and hot, dry seasons. And each leave effects that linger far after the last bushel is harvested that can have big and unpredictable effects like a trade crisis because of an unexpected herbicide
(Average durum bids were) ranging anywhere from $220 in northwestern and southwestern Saskatchewan to $235 in western Manitoba.
Grain Markets, Markets

Western Canadian wheat bids down in most regions

Average CWRS prices in western and eastern Manitoba bucked the downward trend

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Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly down for the week ended Jan. 4 because of a stronger Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $1-$2, except in eastern and western Manitoba which were up $3-$5, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points
Good year for Prairie spring wheat, not so much for durum
Grain Markets, Markets

Good year for Prairie spring wheat, not so much for durum

Spring wheat prices are expected to see pressure in the new year

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While spring wheat prices in Western Canada enjoyed a strong year, durum prices weren’t so lucky. Heading into 2019, spring wheat prices could fall victim to increasing global wheat acreage, while durum prices will need to see acreage fall. Data from the PDQ (Price and Data Quotes) show Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per
It's not an easy time for durum growers currently as durum prices are well below the cost of production.
Cereals, Opinion

Opinion: Farmers’ voices important on crop missions

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The Canadian wheat new crop missions for 2018 are well underway. These are missions organized and co-ordinated through three organizations: Cereals Canada, Canadian International Grains Institute (Cigi) and the Canadian Grain Commission. They take place over six weeks in November and December and include missions to 17 of our top markets for wheat and durum.
Wheat and U.S. dollars
Grain Markets, Markets

Western Canadian wheat bids up with U.S. futures

MGEX and K.C. March wheats climbed while CBOT March wheat slipped on the week

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Wheat bids in Western Canada were mostly up for the week ended Dec. 14 on strength in U.S. futures and a weaker Canadian dollar. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were mostly up $2-$7, except in eastern Manitoba where they were down $1, according to price quotes from a
Average durum prices were up, with bids ranging anywhere from $214 in northwestern Saskatchewan to $228 in western Manitoba.
Grain Markets, Markets

Western Canadian wheat bids rise with U.S. futures

March wheat futures climbed by about one to three per cent on the week

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Wheat bids in Western Canada were up for the week ended Dec. 7, as strength in U.S. futures provided support. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up $5-$7, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Average prices ranged
New durum does it all!
Our History

New durum does it all!

Our History: December 1997

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Melita durum wheat advertised in our Dec. 4, 1997 issue was named for the southwest town in what was once Manitoba’s durum area, but that apparently wasn’t any incentive to keep growing durum in this province. Statistics Canada reported 140,000 acres in 1997 and 200,000 acres the following year, but the crop began a steady

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