CNS Canada –– Cash wheat bids across Western Canada posted solid gains during the week ended Friday, as advances in U.S. futures and improving basis levels provided support. Average Canada […] Read more
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Prairie wheat bids rise with U.S. futures
U.S. grains: Prices slide on China worries, harvest progress
Reuters — U.S. grain and soybean futures slid Monday, pressured by a broad sell-off in commodity and equity markets and progress by U.S. farmers in harvesting crops. Soybeans tumbled more […] Read more
Russian government proposes cutting wheat export tax
Semikarakorsk, Russia | Reuters — The Russian government has proposed cutting its floating wheat export tax from Oct. 1 and to exempt durum wheat from the levy, a senior official […] Read more
Syria needs more wheat, despite healthy harvest
Abu Dhabi | Reuters — Syrian farmers enduring a fifth year of civil war have sold less wheat to the state than last year despite a better harvest and higher […] Read more
U.S. regulators revise proposal on commodity position limits
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. derivatives regulators are revising their proposal to limit the positions that traders can hold in commodity markets to make it easier for some hedge funds […] Read more
U.S. grains: Soy futures fall as harvest pace picks up
Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. corn and soybean futures fell on Tuesday, under pressure from the expanding harvest around the U.S. Midwest as well as some profit-taking after rallying on […] Read more
Syrian war spurs first withdrawal from doomsday seed vault
Oslo | Reuters –– Syria’s civil war has prompted the first withdrawal of seeds from a “doomsday” vault built in an Arctic mountainside to safeguard global food supplies, officials said […] Read more
Prairie wheat bids dip slightly
CNS Canada — Cash wheat bids across Western Canada generally dropped lower during the week ended Friday. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat prices were up by C$1-$3 per […] Read more
U.S. grains: Wheat, corn rise on short-covering bump
Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat futures rose on Monday, with the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade soft red winter wheat contract gaining 1.8 per cent, on a round of […] Read more
Russia defends crop data reliability
Moscow | Reuters –– Russia’s agriculture ministry defended the reliability of its crop data on Thursday, after a farmers’ lobby said regional officials were pressuring farmers to report bigger grain […] Read more