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Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on July 30, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

WTO creates panel in China-Australia barley row

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 31, 2021

Sydney/Geneva | Reuters — The World Trade Organization (WTO) agreed on Friday to establish a dispute settlement panel to resolve a row over anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed by China on Australian barley, a trade source attending the meeting said. Australia launched a formal appeal to the WTO last year, seeking a review of China’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Prairie cash wheat: Bids correct higher

U.S. wheat futures up on week

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 29, 2021

MarketsFarm — Wheat bids across Western Canada moved higher during the week ended Thursday, as U.S. futures saw a corrective bounce after falling to their softest levels in over a month. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were up by $8.50-$9 per tonne, according to price quotes from a […] Read more

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Canada’s barley exports show no signs of slowing

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 29, 2021

MarketsFarm — Tight Canadian barley supplies, due in part to surging export demand, have kept feed grain bids well supported in the Prairies over the past few months. The cupboards, however, are not quite bare, with weekly Canadian barley exports hitting their second-highest level of the crop-year-to-date. Canada exported 175,500 tonnes of barley during the […] Read more

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IGC expects larger world grain crop but tighter stocks

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — World grain production is forecast to hit a new record in 2021-22, but increasing demand should still cause ending stocks to tighten to their lowest level in seven years, according to updated projections from the International Grains Council. Total grain production — which includes wheat, corn and other coarse grains — is forecast […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. in early August 2017. (File photo by Dave Bedard)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Saskatchewan barley price spikes, drops

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 20, 2021

MarketsFarm — It was a tale of two weeks for Saskatchewan feed barley prices. The high-delivered bid for the crop on May 11 bolted from $6 per bushel to $6.75 in one day, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Saskatchewan’s price spike put the bid only 80 cents behind Alberta’s. However, on May 19, while […] Read more

Crops, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

Last year’s flour output up in most categories

By Glen Hallick, GFM Network News 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 […] Read more

CBOT July 2021 corn (blue high/low/close) and CBOT July 2021 wheat (red HLC). (Barchart)

Barley, Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Falling futures suggest first cracks in lofty market

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News May 13, 2021

MarketsFarm — A sharp drop in corn and wheat futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade over the past week could be the sign of the first cracks in the western Canadian feed grain market. That said, tight supplies and uncertainty over new-crop grain production remain supportive. “With the move on the futures market […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Winter Wheat

USDA expects record world wheat crop in 2021-22

By MarketsFarm, GFM Network News May 12, 2021

MarketsFarm — The latest U.S. forecast puts world wheat production at a new record in 2021-22, with bigger crops in a number of countries more than offsetting expected decreases in Canada and Australia. According to the first outlook for the marketing year from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, total world wheat production for 2021-22 is […] Read more

A wall in the medina (ancient city quarter) of Rabat, Morocco’s capital. (Cia.gov)

Cereals, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Morocco reimposing 170 per cent duty on hard wheat

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 10, 2021

Rabat | Reuters — Morocco will reimpose customs duty on soft and hard wheat of 135 and 170 per cent respectively from May 15 in order to cut imports at a time of higher prices in international markets, the agriculture ministry said Monday. The government had said last week the duties would be reintroduced from […] Read more

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Drought, demand deplete southern Alberta stocks

By Adam Peleshaty, GFM Network News May 7, 2021

MarketsFarm — Prices for feed grains are continuing to go up — and with depleted stocks and dry conditions forecast for the Prairies, they are likely to rise a bit more. “There’s a shortage of corn. Corn’s at over $400 (per tonne) in southern Alberta. You’ve got barley that’s pushing over $340-$350 and that’s a […] Read more

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U.S. grains: Corn, soy, wheat futures rise as dollar sags; crop yields eyed

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WTO creates panel in China-Australia barley row

Prairie cash wheat: Bids correct higher

Feed weekly outlook: Canada’s barley exports show no signs of slowing

IGC expects larger world grain crop but tighter stocks

Feed weekly outlook: Saskatchewan barley price spikes, drops

Last year’s flour output up in most categories

Feed weekly outlook: Falling futures suggest first cracks in lofty market

USDA expects record world wheat crop in 2021-22

Morocco reimposing 170 per cent duty on hard wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Drought, demand deplete southern Alberta stocks

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