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Prairie cash wheat: Reds higher, durum dips

U.S. wheat futures up on the week

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MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies saw modest increases in the red spring varieties during the week ended Thursday, while durum stepped back. Significant gains in the U.S. wheat complex spilled over into Canadian cash prices, but stronger Canadian dollar tempered further increases. Ongoing concerns about dry conditions in the U.S., especially the
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Red spring wheats gain ground, durum dips

U.S. futures, Canadian dollar up on week

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MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies saw upticks in the red spring varieties during the week ended Thursday, while durum stepped back a little. A strong upswing in the U.S. wheat complex lent support to Canadian cash prices, but a slightly higher dollar tempered further increases. There’s continued dryness in the U.S., especially
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Prairie cash wheat: U.S. futures drag down wheat bids

Potential for more interest rate hikes remains

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MarketsFarm — Hawkish comments from the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve and the possible renewal of the Black Sea Grain Initiative brought down wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for the week ended Thursday — and, in turn, pressured western Canadian wheat bids. In front of the U.S. Senate banking committee
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Prairie cash wheat: Bids dip with U.S. futures

Canadian dollar also down on week

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MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada posted losses during the week ended Thursday, underpinned as losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $3.50-$8.10 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points
Cars are buried on Hennepin Avenue in Minneapolis on Feb. 23 by a winter storm that crossed the U.S. northern Plains and Midwest and brought needed precipitation to some winter wheat-growing areas.
Grain Markets, Markets

Price trenches remain despite weather, projected plantings

Most traders expect the Black Sea Grain Initiative to be extended

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North American grain and oilseed markets were up and down during the last full week of February, holding relatively rangebound overall. News of a frost in Argentina sent soybean, corn and canola values climbing higher on Feb. 21, as crop estimates out of the drought-stricken country continue to be revised lower. However, the immediate bullish reaction quickly subsided, and most
CBOT May 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX May 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. May 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat hits lowest since September 2021

Chicago corn, soy also fall

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Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures dropped 1.6 per cent to their lowest level since September 2021 on Monday as rain across key growing areas during the weekend boosted harvest prospects for the U.S. crop, traders said. Optimism that the deal allowing grain shipments from Black Sea ports in war-torn Ukraine
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Crops, Markets

Prairie cash wheat: Durum rises, red spring falls back

U.S. wheat futures down on week

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MarketsFarm — Wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies saw the red spring varieties take a hit during the week ended Thursday, while durum made gains. There were sharp declines in the U.S. wheat complex, which weighed on Canadian cash prices while a weaker dollar helped to stymie further losses. Despite the one-year anniversary of the
CBOT March 2023 soybeans with 20-day moving average (right column) and CBOT March 2023 soyoil (dark green line, left column). (Barchart)
Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Soy, corn hit one-week highs on Argentina weather worries

Firmer U.S. dollar drags on CBOT wheat

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Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean and corn futures hit their highest in a week and soyoil touched a one-month peak on Tuesday as worries about crop prospects in drought-hit Argentina supported prices, analysts said. “It’s all about drought in Argentina… and adding more risk premium,” said Don Roose, president of Iowa-based U.S. Commodities. “The
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Prairie cash wheat: Little change in wheat bids

U.S. wheat futures up on week

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MarketsFarm — Despite bullish factors affecting wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), western Canadian wheat bids did not see much change during the week ended Thursday. Futures prices for all three major U.S. varieties increased week-by-week, mostly fuelled by large gains on Feb. 10, as traders shifted focus to Russia’s invasion of
An agricultural economist says two methods show promise for reducing nitrogen application while doing little to farmers’ bottom line.
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N reductions possible without significant economic losses

Rotation and management key, but two studies suggest the possibilities

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Reducing nitrogen use is key to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but there are ways to do so without slashing profits, an Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada researcher says. Mohammad Khakbazan is an agricultural economist based at the Brandon Research and Development Centre. He spoke during a Jan. 17 panel discussion at Manitoba Ag Days in Brandon.

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