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Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

By Terry Fries June 21, 2018

CNS Canada — A Japanese ban on Canadian wheat might eventually push more wheat into feed markets, but traders say that’s not happening so far. Japan, Canada’s No. 2 wheat buyer after the U.S., instituted the ban last Friday after genetically modified wheat was discovered growing in Alberta. GM wheat is not approved for commercial […] Read more

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South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

By Reuters June 18, 2018

Seoul | Reuters — South Korea has suspended the sale of wheat and flour from Canada after Canadian officials announced last week the discovery in mid-2017 of an unapproved genetically modified trait in southern Alberta. “We will only allow sale of wheat products that are confirmed not to contain unapproved genetically modified wheat,” South Korea’s […] Read more

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Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

By Rod Nickel, Yuka Obayashi, GFM Network News June 15, 2018

Tokyo/Winnipeg | Reuters — Japan’s farm ministry said Friday it has suspended its tender and sale of wheat from Canada after grain containing a genetically modified trait was discovered last summer in Alberta. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said Thursday the wheat containing a genetically modified trait, developed by Monsanto to tolerate Roundup herbicide, […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Optimism takes pressure off Prairie grains

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm June 14, 2018

CNS Canada — Following recent rains across Western Canada, producers have opened their bins and are selling grain again for feed, taking some pressure off of the market. “It’s some relief from the rain that’s happened across the Prairies in the last two weeks. It’s allowing producers to comfortably sell the rest of their old-crop […] Read more

Barley south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices feeling some pressure

By Dave Sims June 8, 2018

CNS Canada — Prices for feed barley remain solid in Western Canada but demand could be lessening somewhat as the summer unfolds. “Buyers seem to have decent coverage going into later summer,” said Jared Seitz of Agfinity at Stony Plain, Alta. “So their pricing is starting to pull back.” Prices for feed wheat and barley […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Feed grains slip, but still solid overall

By Phil Franz-Warkentin June 1, 2018

CNS Canada — Feed barley prices may have come down slightly from their highs earlier in the spring, but remain solid overall, according to an Edmonton-based merchant. Dry weather and the late spring created some uncertainty in the market, and led to opportunities for some growers, said Samantha Metcalfe, a grain trader with Market Master […] Read more

Fresh bread in Egypt. (Goldream/iStock/Getty Images)

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Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot

By Reuters May 28, 2018

Cairo | Reuters — Egypt’s top administrative court has ruled that the country should accept wheat with marginal levels of the common grain fungus ergot, a local newspapers said on Sunday, freezing a lower court order to ban the fungus entirely which had vexed traders. Egypt, the world’s largest wheat importer, baffled grain markets when […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices hang tight, await new crop

By Dave Sims May 24, 2018

CNS Canada — The thought of sizzling days near the end of May 2017 is helping keep feed barley prices in Western Canada well supported, according to a market-watcher. “There is that memory of last year’s drought and seeing temperatures in the high 20s and 30s at the end of May,” said Allan Pirness of […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices start to soften

By Ashley Robinson - MarketsFarm May 17, 2018

CNS Canada — After a winter with tight supplies leading to a feed grain price rally in Western Canada, prices are starting to back off. “It’s been breaking free a little bit. Kind of surprisingly this year it took till seeding time to see that happen. We’ve seen markets rally right up till May,” said […] Read more

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

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Morocco gives millers incentives to use domestic wheat

By Ahmed and Eljechtimi May 11, 2018

Rabat | Reuters — Morocco on Friday announced a set of incentives for local millers to opt for domestic wheat instead of imports. They include a flat rate subsidy of 10 dirhams (C$1.37) per 100 kilograms of soft wheat to millers using local wheat, the ministry of agriculture said in a statement. The benefits also […] Read more

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Feed weekly outlook: Markets watch Japan wheat ban, trade fights

South Korea halts sale of Canadian wheat, flour

Japan suspends sale of Canadian wheat

Feed weekly outlook: Optimism takes pressure off Prairie grains

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices feeling some pressure

Feed weekly outlook: Feed grains slip, but still solid overall

Top court in Egypt permits wheat with trace ergot

Feed weekly outlook: Barley prices hang tight, await new crop

Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices start to soften

Morocco gives millers incentives to use domestic wheat

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