CPRS, CWRS bids down

CPRS, CWRS bids down

Average prices ranged from about $227 per tonne to as high as C$247 a tonne

Western Canadian wheat bids were down during the week ended April 18, with losses across the board in both hard red spring wheat and Prairie spring wheat. Average Canadian Western Red Spring (13.5 per cent CWRS) wheat prices were down by about $3 per tonne at most locations, with only eastern Manitoba seeing a decline

CBOT July 2019 corn with Bollinger (20,2) bands, a gauge of market volatility. (Barchart)

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Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $229 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $250 in southern Alberta.

Prairie CWRS bids firm as other classes edge lower

Minneapolis and Kansas City May wheat futures both rose on the week

Western Canadian wheat bids were mixed during the week ended April 12, reacting to activity in U.S. futures and a firmer Canadian dollar, with gains in hard red spring wheat and losses in Prairie spring wheat. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $1-$5 per tonne at





Parrish and Heimbecker’s domed grain terminal at Hamilton, in 2011. (ParrishandHeimbecker.com)

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CBOT May 2019 corn with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

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Average (CWRS) prices ranged from about $228 per tonne in western Manitoba to as high as $247 per tonne in Alberta.

CWRS wheat bids down, CPSR mixed

MGEX May spring wheat futures dropped while Chicago and K.C. wheats rose on the week

Wheat bids in Western Canada were weak for the week ended April 5, with losses observed across the Prairies. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $10-$14 per tonne, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points compiled by PDQ (Price and Data Quotes). Prices were