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Wheat bids improve in Western Canada as loonie dips
Grain Markets, Markets

Wheat bids improve in Western Canada as loonie dips

MGEX December spring wheat was up 13.25 U.S. cents a bushel from the previous week

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Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Sept. 22, as gains in Minneapolis futures and weakness in the Canadian dollar provided support. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) 13.5 per cent wheat prices were up by $2 to $3 per tonne across the Prairie
Canola traders are fixed on forecasts for a record crop
Grain Markets, Markets

Canola traders are fixed on forecasts for a record crop

Minneapolis wheat suggests protein will be in short supply

ICE Futures Canada canola contracts trended higher for the past two weeks, despite seasonal harvest pressure, although the bigger picture remains sideways and rangebound. The November contract briefly traded above the 200-day moving average of $497 per tonne on Sept. 22, on the back of some fund buying triggered by a rally in Chicago soybeans.
Prairie wheat bids continue on trek downward
Grain Markets, Markets

Prairie wheat bids continue on trek downward

MGEX December spring wheat futures dropped more than 25 U.S. cents on the week

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Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada softened yet again during the week ended Sept. 15, as downward action in U.S. futures dragged on values. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down $5-$6 per tonne across the Prairie provinces, according to price quotes from a cross-section of
New grain type yields high in farm field test
Our History

New grain type yields high in farm field test

Our History: September 1961

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Our Sept. 7, 1961 issue reported on “high productivity and drought resistance” on a new “synthetic grain species” developed at the University of Manitoba. The cross between durum wheat and rye, later named triticale, had been grown on 35 acres on the farm of A.V. Arnott at Darlingford, and it was estimated it would yield
Hard red wheat bids drop with U.S. harvest pressure
Grain Markets, Markets

Hard red wheat bids drop with U.S. harvest pressure

Lower MGEX wheat futures and a rising loonie also drag on cash prices

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Hard red spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower for the sixth straight week during the week ended Sept. 1, as an advancing U.S. harvest, declines in Minneapolis futures, and a rising Canadian dollar all weighed on local prices. Depending on the location, average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were down by
By getting a good winter wheat seeding date, you'll be able to harvest it sooner next year.
Cereals, Crops, Local news

Time to plant winter wheat

On average winter wheat still has a yield advantage over spring wheats, but there are other factors to consider 

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The first two weeks of September is the best time for seeding winter wheat and with many canola crops already harvested there are fields suited for seeding now, says Lionel Kaskiw, Manitoba Agriculture’s farm production advisor in Souris. But interest in winter wheat is declining with some farmers saying they can get almost the same
Farmers are reporting bumper yields early this harvest season, despite a drier-than-normal growing season.
Crops, Local news, Weather

Bumper yields reported despite dry growing season

Manitoba’s harvest is off to a strong start with good weather and surprisingly good early yields

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Despite a drier-than-normal growing season some Manitoba farmers are surprised — and delighted — by better-than-expected yields. “I figured my wheat would do 50 or 60 (bushels an acre) and then a month went by and I felt it might do a little bit better than that,” Starbuck farmer Chuck Fossay said in an interview
Researchers at USC and Texas A&M University grew winter wheat in an arid area of Texas with reduced irrigation and found that the plants protect themselves by producing thick leaf wax.
Cereals, Did you know?, News

The key to drought-tolerant crops may be in the leaves

Leaf wax acts as the equivalent of ‘lip balm’ for plants, 
protecting them from the harmful effects of drought

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A new study suggests breeding plants with a thicker layer of leaf wax is the key to greater drought tolerance and growing crops in more arid regions. Sarah Feakins, a scientist at University of Southern California who has studied leaf wax in the context of climate change, teamed up recently with researchers at Texas A&M

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