In the US futures market we see soft red winter wheat at Chicago relatively flat while the higher grades of wheat were a little firmer by the close. Minneapolis spring wheat lead the way higher gaining 13c/bu (AUD$6.41) in the December contract. Across the border in SE Saskatchewan PDQ...

US corn futures bounced a little on technical trade. There was relatively little to no positive news for US or world corn prices overnight. Sales cancellation for US corn to both Canada and China made for an abysmal weekly US sales report. News China is also cancelling corn from...

China appear to be playing their usual game in the corn market. Cancelling US orders, cancelling Ukraine orders, increasing the volume of unshipped US orders. Simply playing the game China is renowned for playing. The market speculation is starting to lean towards further defaults from China thus the S&D...

The Stats Canada data is out and it going to set the durum price on fire. Canadian durum production now estimated at just 3.99mt. There was a surge in local cash prices across SE Saskatchewan on the back of the data. PDQ report gains of C$64.99 per tonne for...

Cash bids across SE Saskatchewan were generally a little softer overnight. Durum prices continue to show plenty of resilience with cash bids generally slipping no more than a few cents per tonne. Spring wheat values were back C$2.90 for a December lift while canola showed the most downside with...

The early rally in the US dollar opened the gate for profit taking, the US dollar slipped quickly closing the session at a multi week low against a number of currencies. Talk of the US Fed reducing bond purchases later in the year seemed to be the key to...

Technical buying pushed Chicago soft red winter wheat futures higher in overnight trade. The move higher appeared to have little new fundamental support apart from a slight reduction in EU wheat production number by the European Commission. The results of the tender to buy wheat and barley by the...

With harvest getting underway in the spring wheat and durum belt of N.America it’s only fair that the weather should now turn a little damp. Showers have pushed across much of the Canadian prairies and the Dakotas over the last seven days making harvest progress difficult. The weather map...

PDQ, the Alberta Wheat Commissions cash wheat tracking platform, shows 1CWAD13 durum values out of SE Saskatchewan were again higher yesterday. The December slot is now bid on average about C$731.20 per tonne ex farm, up another C$17.30 for the day. About 22% of the Canadian durum crop is...

The US weekly crop progress report was out after the close. A quick look through the data reveals the corn condition rating is back week on week with 60% of the crop rated at G/E, last week 62%. Early fields in the central corn belt are just starting to...