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Prairie CWRS bids ease with U.S. futures

CNS Canada — Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat deteriorated slightly during the week ended Friday, as losses in the US futures weighed on values. CWRS prices were $2-$5 per tonne lower across the three Prairie provinces, with average values ranging from about $205 per tonne in north-central Saskatchewan to $219

Crops, Markets

Iraq buys 200,000 tonnes hard wheat from Canada, U.S., Australia

By GFM Network News, Reuters December 29, 2014

Hamburg | Reuters — Iraq’s state grains board has purchased 200,000 tonnes of hard wheat to be sourced from Canada, the U.S. and Australia in an international tender for at least 50,000 tonnes, European traders said on Monday. The purchase comprised 100,000 tonnes of Canadian wheat, 50,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat and 50,000 tonnes of

Markets

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from rally fuelled by Russia export worries

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek December 24, 2014

Chicago / Reuters – U.S. grain and soybean futures slumped on Wednesday, with wheat dropping by 4 per cent in a setback from a rally fuelled by concerns over Russian export restrictions. The market extended a retreat from gains last week amid talk that Russia, expected to be the world’s fourth-largest exporter this year, won’t impose grain export duties until Feb.

Cereals, Crops

Feed mills being considered for CGC producer protection under C-48 legislation

The bill also proposes to revamp the producer protection program and create a new licence  for container-loading elevators

By Allan Dawson December 23, 2014

Farmers who sell grain to feed mills might be protected if the company can’t pay its bills under sweeping changes proposed to the Canada Grain Act introduced to Parliament Dec. 9. The CGC will consult the industry about the proposed changes designed “to enhance producer protection, enhance producer quality and safety insurance and further modernize

two men at a podium during a presentation

Crops, News

The CGC is still on guard for thee

Canada's grain quality system has not been compromised post-wheat board or by the changes at the grain commission, the CGC's chief commissioner says

By Allan Dawson December 19, 2014

Canada’s wheat quality assurance system has not been weakened by elimination of the Canadian Wheat Board’s sales monopoly or inward inspection at export terminals, say Canadian Grain Commission (CGC) officials. “In light of a lot of the stories that have been going around I want to assure you it (ending inward inspection) hasn’t affected grain

Elwin Hermanson, Canadian Grain Commission chief commissioner

Cereals, News

Canadian Grain Commission to review wheat class system

Wheat classes serve Canada’s grain industry well, but chief commissioner  Elwin Hermanson wants to see how they can be improved

By Allan Dawson December 18, 2014

The Canadian Grain Commission is planning to review this country’s respected wheat variety classification system to see how it can best meet the needs of customers while adapting to a wider range of varietal qualities. Chief commissioner Elwin Hermanson told the Manitoba Seed Growers Association annual meeting Dec. 11 the review is about improving the

Crops, Markets

CME Group imposes rare halt on wheat futures trading

By GFM Network News, Tom Polansek December 18, 2014

Chicago | Reuters –– CME Group briefly halted electronic trading in U.S. wheat futures overnight on Thursday, after prices sank 1.6 per cent in one second as concerns about Russian export curbs roiled the market. The 10-second pause represented only the fourth time this year that the world’s largest futures exchange operator has interrupted trading

(Michael Thompson photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Weather

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

By GFM Network News, Terryn Shiells December 17, 2014

CNS Canada — Recent milder weather seen in Western Canada was unfavourable for winter wheat crops and has left the crops more vulnerable to winterkill. “The major impact is that it melted some of the snow cover that the winter wheat had, and in a lot of cases now some of those fields are bare,”

Local news

CWB privatization attracts national attention

The former wheat board responds in ‘open letter,’ while the NFU calls on the western provinces  to buy the board’s assets until farmers can take control

By Allan Dawson December 16, 2014

Maybe it was MP Pat Martin’s question to Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz: “Has the minister lost his freaking mind?” or a recent Globe and Mail editorial, but CWB’s transition to a private grain company is getting lots of attention beyond the farm sector. So much so CWB issued an ‘open letter’ Dec. 5 to explain

Crops, Markets

CWRS wheat bids edge up across Prairies

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin December 15, 2014

CNS Canada –– Average cash bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat edged up by a dollar per tonne on average during the week ended Friday. In Manitoba, the average CWRS price rose to just under $234 per tonne, from $233 the previous week. Gains were similar across the rest of the Prairies, with

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Prairie CWRS bids ease with U.S. futures

Iraq buys 200,000 tonnes hard wheat from Canada, U.S., Australia

U.S. grains: Wheat retreats from rally fuelled by Russia export worries

Feed mills being considered for CGC producer protection under C-48 legislation

The CGC is still on guard for thee

Canadian Grain Commission to review wheat class system

CME Group imposes rare halt on wheat futures trading

Recent mild spell seen hurting Prairie winter wheat

CWB privatization attracts national attention

CWRS wheat bids edge up across Prairies

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