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Prairie cash wheat: Harvest pressure, falling U.S. futures weigh on bids

Canadian dollar up on the week

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada moved lower during the week ended Thursday, as seasonal harvest pressure and losses in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down $5.30-$8 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids mixed, durum lower

StatCan raises projections for spring wheat harvest

MarketsFarm — Bids for Western Canadian spring wheat were on both sides of unchanged while those for durum were lower for the week ended Thursday. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its model-based principal field crop production estimates on Thursday, presenting a tightening wheat crop compared to that from 2022-23. All-wheat production was projected at 29.8 million […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Prices for reds rise, amber eases back

Harvest pressure, Canadian dollar also factors

MarketsFarm — Wheat on the Canadian Prairies was mixed for the week ended Thursday, with gains for Canada Western Red Spring and Canada Prairie Spring Red wheats, while Canada Western Amber Durum slipped back. Kansas City winter wheat and Minneapolis spring futures were higher on the week to provide support for Canadian cash prices, but […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Bids, futures take tumbles

Canadian dollar sees slight gain on week

MarketsFarm — Western Canadian wheat bids were lower throughout during the week ended Thursday, with Canada Western Red Spring wheat seeing the largest declines. Statistics Canada (StatCan) released its first model-based production estimates for 2023-24 on Tuesday. Based on data compiled up to July 31, StatCan estimated total Canadian wheat production at 29.472 million tonnes, […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat bids drop with U.S. futures

Crop concerns supportive for durum

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada fell in sympathy with U.S. futures during the week ended Thursday, although durum climbed higher on the back of production concerns in key durum-growing areas of southern Saskatchewan. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $7.60-$9.70 per tonne across […] Read more


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Prairie cash wheat: Bids run mixed to higher

Domestic wheat yields now a question mark

MarketsFarm — Bids for Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) wheat were mixed for the week ended Aug. 10, while those for Canada Prairie Spring Red (CPSR) and durum were on the rise. Scattered showers brought moisture across the Prairies, but attention has now turned to harvesting a wheat crop greatly affected by hot and dry […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: durum soars as red spring falls back

Steep increases following Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports were gone by mid-week

MarketsFarm – There were sharp increases in durum across Western Canada for the week ended July 27, while spring wheat incurred small to moderate declines. There were gains in Minneapolis spring wheat, while Kansas City and Chicago winter wheat contracts slipped back. At the beginning of the week there were steep increases for wheat as […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Weather, rising futures lift bids

Dry weather persisted for much of Prairies

MarketsFarm — Dry weather for most of the Prairies, as well as rising wheat prices in the U.S., lifted western Canadian wheat bids, some to more than $400 per tonne, for the week ended July 6. With the exception of thunderstorms and sporadic precipitation in Alberta, dryness persisted across much of the Prairies, albeit with […] Read more


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Prairie cash wheat: Canadian bids drop with U.S. futures

Canadian dollar also down on week

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat bids in Western Canada dropped sharply during the week ended Thursday, as a selloff in U.S. futures weighed on values. Average Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS, 13.5 per cent protein) wheat prices were down by $23.50-$25.40 per tonne across the Prairies, according to price quotes from a cross-section of delivery points […] Read more

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Prairie cash wheat: Spring wheat vaults higher, durum nudges up

U.S. wheat futures, Canadian dollar up on week

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat prices on the Canadian Prairies experienced sharp upticks while gains for durum were much more subdued. A drop in U.S. wheat ratings fueled the upswing in wheat prices, as dry conditions took further hold with approximately 15 per cent of U.S. spring wheat now in drought. While that’s up four points […] Read more