Wheat growers in several exporting countries are reluctant to sell their crops with prices near four-year lows, traders, farmers and millers say, leaving flour makers with dwindling supplies and vulnerable to any potential upswing in prices.
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Flour millers face supply crunch as wheat farmers tighten grip on stocks
P&H Hamilton increases capacity in growing demand for flour
New storage silos and flour mill to be ready in late 2025
The Hamilton facility of P&H Milling Group is expanding for the second time in four years in efforts to meet the bakery industry’s growing demand for flour. Why it matters: […] Read more
P+H upgrading southwestern Ontario elevator
Improved unload times expected for wheat deliveries
Updated, April 6 — Agrifood firm Parrish and Heimbecker has started “major” upgrades on one of its southwestern Ontario grain elevators, with plans to dedicate the site to milling wheat. […] Read more
India allows exports of wheat flour processed from imported grain
New Delhi | Reuters — India has allowed export-oriented units and the firms set up in special economic zones to export flour made from imported wheat, a government order said […] Read more
Egypt’s private sector wheat imports stall due to dollar shortage
"We are in the red zone"
Cairo | Reuters — The price of wheat and flour used to make unsubsidized bread has spiked in Egypt as importers struggle to pay for wheat stuck at ports amid […] Read more
Brazil clears GMO wheat flour from Argentina in global first
Sales, however, may be slow
Sao Paulo/Buenos Aires | Reuters –– Brazil on Thursday became the first country to allow imports of flour made with genetically modified wheat, though shipments of the new variety developed […] Read more
Millers, bakers fret as drought withers North America’s spring wheat
Reuters – Millers and bakers are draining wheat reserves and paying more for spring wheat used in baking, as drought shrivels crops across the Canadian Prairies and northern U.S. Plains […] Read more
Last year’s flour output up in most categories
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 […] Read more
After blast, Lebanon has less than a month’s grain reserves
Beirut port silos had capacity for 120,000 tonnes; about 15,000 tonnes were stored at time of blast
Beirut/Dubai | Reuters — Lebanon’s main grain silo at Beirut port was destroyed in a blast, leaving the nation with less than a month’s reserves of the grain but enough […] Read more
Flour market slow and steady
Future growth could depend on the new pandemic-driven affinity for baking
In a world of uncertainty, Canada’s milling industry remains stable in both demand and growth. Gordon Harrison, president of the Canadian National Millers Association (CNMA), says grain flour (particularly wheat) […] Read more