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A sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to drought may force bakers to change how they work with flour. Photo: DanielBendjy/E+/Getty Images

Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

By GFM Network News, Karl Plume, Rod Nickel August 5, 2021

Reuters – Millers and bakers are draining wheat reserves and paying more for spring wheat used in baking, as drought shrivels crops across the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. Plains that produce more than half of the world’s supply. U.S. and Canadian farmers are bracing for a sharply smaller spring wheat harvest due to the

Markets, News

Russian bread makers plan to raise prices due to higher costs

By Reuters August 4, 2021

Several Russian bread producers have told retail chains they plan to raise prices by seven to 12 per cent from August due to higher production costs and the limited effect of state support, the Kommersant daily reported July 19. Russia, one of the world’s largest wheat exporters, has introduced a series of grain export curbs

Crops

Last year’s flour output up in most categories

By GFM Network News, Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm May 18, 2021

MarketsFarm — Statistics Canada reported on Monday that Canadian wheat millers processed 3.267 million tonnes of all wheat in 2020 — a slight increase of about 2.1 per cent over 2019, keeping flour processing on the rise over the last four years. There were also year-to-year increases in the other categories tracked by the federal

A general view of damage at the site of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut’s port area on Aug. 5, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Mohamed Azakir)

Crops

After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves

Beirut port silos had capacity for 120,000 tonnes; about 15,000 tonnes were stored at time of blast

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan August 5, 2020

Beirut/Dubai | Reuters — Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough flour to avoid a crisis, the economy minister said on Wednesday. Raoul Nehme told Reuters a day after Tuesday’s devastating explosion that Lebanon needed reserves

Cereals, Crops, Markets

Saudi Arabia completes first phase of flour mill privatization

By GFM Network News, Maha El Dahan July 8, 2020

Dubai/London | Reuters — Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had completed the first batch of its flour milling sector privatization, according to a statement by the state grain buyer and privatization centre. The long-awaited flour mills sale was one of the first privatizations the kingdom planned as part of a wide-reaching overhaul of its

CBOT May 2020 wheat with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest drop since August

Soy drop biggest in 2-1/2 weeks; corn extends losses on big supply, weak ethanol demand

By GFM Network News April 1, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat prices fell more than three per cent on Wednesday as coronavirus fears dragged down equities markets and lifted the dollar, sending Chicago wheat futures to their steepest decline in 7-1/2 months. Soybeans fell more than two per cent, the most in 2-1/2 weeks, and most corn contracts posted fresh

Crops, Markets

Burnett on Markets: Home flour use soars during pandemic

That's led to increased demand for milling wheat -- at least temporarily

By Bruce Burnett, GFM Network News March 31, 2020

It is hard to miss the lack of flour in the grocery aisles lately as consumers stock up on the “essentials.” A number of stores are just rolling out the pallets of flour into the store and they are picked clean by the end of the day. The increased domestic use of flour does not

Crops, Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from two-month peak

Corn rallies to end firm

By GFM Network News, Julie Ingwersen March 27, 2020

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures fell on Thursday, retreating from a two-month high set the previous session, as traders booked profits and awaited developments in the coronavirus crisis that had sparked the recent run-up in wheat markets. Soybean futures also declined but corn rallied late in the session to eke out a modest

Crops, Markets

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures underpinned for now

However, traders still watching headlines

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-warkentin March 26, 2020

MarketsFarm — U.S. wheat futures have climbed higher over the past week, with the largest gains in Chicago Board of Trade soft wheat, as global uncertainty over the COVID-19 pandemic provided some support. However, that uncertainty could also makes predicting market trends rather difficult, according to an analyst. “All of my comments come with a

Gordon Harrison. (Manitoba Co-operator file photo by Allan Dawson)

Cereals, Crops

Lots of flour to go around, millers’ association says

System is 'doing extremely well' and should have no problem keeping up with demand, CNMA's Gordon Harrison says

By Alexis Kienlen, GFM Network News March 25, 2020

The grain supply chain is working as it should during the COVID-19 pandemic, says the president of the Canadian National Millers Association. “From the milling industry vantage point, the movement of grain from farm to the producer to the elevator systems to mills is doing extremely well,” Gordon Harrison said Tuesday. “The grain supply chain

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

Britain, New Zealand strike free trade deal

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

GFM Network News

Co-op to capture carbon at ethanol plant, refinery

Britain, New Zealand strike free trade deal

‘Containergeddon’ drives sugar, rice shippers back to bulk vessels

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Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat

Russian bread makers plan to raise prices due to higher costs

Last year’s flour output up in most categories

After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves

Saudi Arabia completes first phase of flour mill privatization

U.S. grains: Wheat posts steepest drop since August

Burnett on Markets: Home flour use soars during pandemic

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from two-month peak

CBOT weekly outlook: Wheat futures underpinned for now

Lots of flour to go around, millers’ association says

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