Average protein levels in wheat are reportedly on the low side elsewhere in the world.

Last year’s supplies can come in handy

Expert's Radar: Dry conditions may lift wheat protein levels

The back-to-school season is a time of beginnings as kids return to classes with new shoes and fresh haircuts, but also a time of endings as the carefree days of summer vacation are replaced by bells and schedules once again. On a last-minute trip to restock on paper and pens, I found someone’s lengthy list


CBOT November 2023 soybeans with 20-, 50- and 100-day moving averages. (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Soybeans up on signals of supply, weather concerns

CBOT wheat falls on higher U.S. dollar, corn pressured by wheat

New York | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean futures turned higher amid a volatile trading session on Thursday, as commodities traders wrestled with tight domestic supplies and uncertainty over weather impacts on the current U.S. crop. Analysts said that market participants are focusing on how the recent extreme heat waves across the

CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

U.S. grains: Wheat rallies on Black Sea tensions

Corn prices follow wheat higher, soy gains as traders eye crop yields

New York | Reuters — Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rose for a second straight session on Wednesday, as Russia reported Ukrainian strikes on a naval base in the grain-rich Black Sea region and Kyiv said its grain exports dropped sharply. Kyiv said on Wednesday more than 100 of its port


File photo of a federal office building in downtown Winnipeg. (Dave Bedard photo)

Canada’s canola carryout up on year, wheat down slightly

Barley, oats, peas also up on year

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks edged higher in 2022-23, while wheat carryout was slightly lower, according to the latest stocks data from Statistics Canada, released Friday. Barley, oats and peas also saw increases on the year, while lentil supplies tightened. Total wheat stocks as of July 31, at 3.58 million tonnes were down by

As of last week, Manitoba’s canola harvest was estimated at about five per cent complete.

Canola choppy following StatCan’s latest report

Gains faded in the hours following the report’s release

As the canola harvest across the Canadian Prairies picked up speed at the end of August, prices for the Canadian oilseed bounced back and forth on ICE Futures. Support came from soyoil on the Chicago Board of Trade, when the commodity was climbing higher, while European rapeseed and Malaysian palm oil provided spillover as well. And as crude oil prices


File photo of idled equipment in drought conditions on a farm in New South Wales, Australia. (f.ield_of_vision/iStock/Getty Images)

Australian crop estimates adjusted slightly lower

Crop seen down 34 per cent from last year

MarketsFarm — Total 2023-24 winter crop production in Australia, at an estimated 45.2 million tonnes, is expected to be 34 per cent off the record highs hit last year but slightly above the June forecast as upward revisions to canola and barley counter a downward revision to the wheat number, according to the latest crop

CBOT December 2023 soft red winter wheat with 20-day moving average, MGEX December 2023 hard red spring wheat (yellow line) and K.C. December 2023 hard red winter wheat (orange line). (Barchart)

CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, wheat lower; soybeans move up

Corn, wheat already face harvest price pressure

MarketsFarm — Corn and wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) were on the decline during the week ended Wednesday, but those for soybeans were going in the opposite direction until hitting resistance. The December corn contract ended the week 9.75 cents per bushel lower at $4.8075 per bushel (all figures US$). The


Harvest watch continues

Harvest watch continues

Expert’s Radar: After an extremely variable growing season, nobody’s quite sure where production will be

Harvest is ongoing just about everywhere — the three oak trees on my front yard grew a good crop of acorns this year, with the pitter-patter of falling acorns and chirping of squirrels becoming a near constant sound. The sheer number of squirrels scrambling to bring food for the winter is impressive to say the

File photo of a thistle plant in a wheat crop. (Dave Bedard photo)

Vietnam to call off thistle seed ban in grain imports

Move will restore regular grain trade, Cereals Canada says

Vietnam is expected to resume nearer-to-normal grain trade with exporting nations such as Canada, after it loosens a significant restriction on weed seed content. Cereals Canada, a national cereals industry group, on Friday reported that Vietnam’s agriculture ministry has released a revised quarantine pest list due to take effect Sept. 29. The new list, Cereals