Feed Grains: Ukrainian winter wheat planting drawing to an end

By Commodity News Service Canada

Winnipeg – Following are a few highlights in the Canadian and world feed grains markets on Friday, October 20.
Prices for feed barley in Manitoba are up 15 cents, according to the latest information from the Prairie Ag Hotwire. Bids are listed at C$3.40 to $3.55 per bushel.
Oat prices in Manitoba rose three cents and are going for C$2.85 to C$3.02 per bushel.
Feed barley bids in the key cattle feeding area of
Lethbridge, Alberta were in the C$210 to C$212 per tonne range

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as of October 13, which were three dollars weaker at the low end compared to the previous week, according to the latest pricing information from the provincial government. Feed wheat prices were five dollars weaker at the high end, coming in at C$215 to C$220 per tonne in Lethbridge.
Corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade fell three to four cents per bushel on Friday, due to the accelerating harvest in the U.S. Midwest. China continues to auction off supplies from its state reserve, which was bearish. The county sold just under two million tonnes of corn this week alone.
In North Dakota, corn prices were holding steady at C$3.10 to C$3.32 a bushel.
Brazilian farmers in the key growing state of Parana have already planted 76 percent of the corn crop. Extremely dry conditions have producers worried though as they wait for more rain.
Winter wheat planting in Ukraine is reaching its final stage. Farmers have planted roughly 5.5 million hectares according to the country’s agriculture ministry. That is about 90 percent of the expected area of 6.15 million hectares.
Ethiopia has put out a tender for 400,000 tonnes of wheat.