Durum up, wheat down in weekly port price survey

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Published: March 12, 2015

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Durum port prices edged higher in the latest Agriculture Canada weekly price summary but spring wheat and canola are lower .

As of March 6 the West Coast price for No. 1 CW hard red wheat was $324.75 per tonne, down $1.75 a tonne from where it was the week before.

No. 1 durum prices at the West Coast was $560.66, up $4.90.

Canola at the West Coast was $493.80, down $7.93.

The full report from Agriculture Canada provides a listing of crop prices for specific commodities in Canada and the United States in which comparisons can be made between current prices, cumulative to-date averages, and historical crop year and calendar year averages.

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The full report is available by clicking here at Agriculture Canada’s web site.

The summary is for information only. The prices are believed to be accurate but are not endorsed by the government of Canada.

The “Indicator Price” is collected from the International Grains Council and industry and represents a sample of FOB asking prices for export. It may not be reflective of actual selling prices.

The following is a sample of the full report.

 

$C/tonne West Coast

No 1 CWRS

13.5% Protein

Indicator price*

St. Lawrence

No 1 CWRS

13.5% Protein

Indicator price

Mar 6 324.75 333.38
Feb 27 326.50 342.30
Feb 20 336.93 350.20
Mar 7, 2014 368.68 N/A

 

$C/tonne West Coast

No 1 CWAD

13.0% Protein

Indicator price*

St. Lawrence

No 1 CWAD

12.0% Protein

Indicator price

Mar 6 560.66 523.96
Feb 27 555.76 519.58
Feb 20 554.97 532.15
Mar 7, 2014 404.68 N/A

 

$C/tonne Par Region

Saskatoon

No 1 CAN

Cash

Track

Vancouver

No 1 CAN

Cash

Mar 6 437.08 493.80
Feb 27 438.22 501.74
Feb 20 443.28 506.58
Mar 7, 2014 402.81 495.04

 

 

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