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Lower-quality malt barley still commanding firm prices

By Dave Sims January 6, 2015

CNS Canada — Western Canadian malt barley is still receiving firm bids despite a lack of high-quality supplies, according to industry watchers. “Prices are still fairly high but quality is fairly low.” said Reid Fenton, president of BLB Grain Group at Three Hills, Alta. “If it grows, it goes,” is how he described the current […] Read more

Markets

CWB Expects Higher Returns For Canola, Wheat And Durum

By MarketsFarm Team November 6, 2014

CNS – CWB, formerly known as the Canadian Wheat Board, has raised Pool Return Outlooks (PROs) for durum, wheat and canola in its latest report. They noted it is a special mid-term outlook, due to market changes since the previous report released on October 23. PROs were higher for all three crops due to the weaker […] Read more

Crops

Prairie malt barley crop’s quality still up in air

By Dave Sims October 9, 2014

CNS Canada — Questions are being asked over how much barley in Western Canada will be good enough to meet malting standards in 2014-15. This year’s crop was already going to be smaller than last year’s, said Brian Otto, past-president with the Western Barley Growers Association. Statistics Canada estimated overall barley production at 7.2 million […] Read more

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Lower-quality malt barley still commanding firm prices

CWB Expects Higher Returns For Canola, Wheat And Durum

Prairie malt barley crop’s quality still up in air

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