Volunteers load up the last stooks of red spring wheat to finish the threshing demonstration.

VIDEO: Preparing to thresh for the record

Volunteers brought their skills, and their iron, to Winnipeg on Aug. 18 to show the sort of work involved in attempting a world-record threshing bee. The demonstration of old-school threshing was held at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds as a preview of Harvesting Hope, an event scheduled for July 31 next year at Austin during


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Higher-quality wheat likely in store for Prairies

CNS Canada –– Western Canadian farmers are seeing higher-quality wheat crops this year, which would help meet pent-up demand for quality within the market. However, producers might not reap the rewards as much as they would like, one market analyst warns. Wheat buyers will be looking for better-quality and higher-protein wheat, since Canada disappointed on

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Prairie cash wheat bids mixed

CNS Canada –– Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were steady to slightly lower during the week ended Friday, while Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) bids were mixed. Average CWRS wheat prices were steady to C$3 per tonne lower across the three Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section






Lisa Roy and Erron Leafloor handle the task of forking stooked wheat into the thresher.

PHOTOS: Getting organized to thresh for the record

Volunteers from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Manitoba Agricultural Museum brought their skills, and their iron, to Winnipeg Tuesday to show the sort of work a world-record threshing bee is made of. The demonstration of old-school threshing was held at the Red River Exhibition fairgrounds as a preview of Harvesting Hope, an event scheduled for


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‘Nothing bullish’ in wheat futures

CNS Canada — U.S. wheat futures have moved steadily lower since the beginning of July, and appear poised for more losses as there is little supportive news in the market. “There’s just nothing bullish in the wheat market at the moment,” said Adam Knosalla of Frontier Futures in Minneapolis. He added that “down is the

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Prairie cash wheat bids mixed

CNS Canada — Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat cash bids across Western Canada were mixed during the week ended Friday, with prices edging lower in the eastern Prairies and moving up in Alberta. Average CWRS prices were down by C$2-$4 per tonne in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, but up by C$4-$9 in Alberta, according to