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Cash prices for Western Canadian wheat and durum stepped back during the week ended March 11, pushed lower by a stronger Canadian dollar.
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Port of Vancouver moves record wheat volume
International sales were up as Canadian companies reacted to the shifting geopolitics of the American market
The Port of Vancouver moved record volumes of wheat in 2025, but canola seed shipments plummeted.
Pulse Weekly: More Saskatchewan pulse acres very likely in 2026/27
Due to high fertilizer prices, there’s a strong possibility that Saskatchewan farmers will plant more pulses this spring, said Dale Risula, provincial specialist for pulse crops with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture.
USDA makes few changes in domestic figures
Few changes were made to domestic balance sheets in the USDA’s monthly supply/demand estimates released on March 10.
Oilseed war premium depends on duration of the conflict
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran started Feb. 28 and continued unabated last week. This has had a profound impact on commodity markets.
War in Iran sends farmer’s fuel, fertilizer costs soaring
Depending on how long the war in Iran lasts, it could seriously increase farmers’ costs for fuel and fertilizer. 20 per cent of global oil trade flows through what has become a virtual no go zone.
Crude price may have topped says analyst
Any chance of crude oil prices skyrocketing higher became less likely on March 9, said Phil Flynn, senior market analyst at the Price Futures Group in Chicago. Flynn based that on the assumption that Iran’s military capabilities are declining quickly.
New phosphate fertilizer trade corridor planned
V6 Agronomy is building Odyssey Terminal, a new marine fertilizer terminal in Ontario on the St. Lawrence Seaway
V6 Agronomy is building a fertilizer terminal at the Port of Johnstown it hopes will be moving 480,000 tonnes of phosphate a year by the end of this decade.
Shares slump, bonds skid as oil surge threatens inflation shock
Wall Street opened lower Monday as the inflationary jolt from surging oil prices threatened to raise living costs and interest rates around the globe, while investors desperate for liquidity fled to the U.S. dollar.
Oat Mafia pushes for big increase in U.S. acres
A group of American farmers are hoping to grow an additional one million acres of food grade oats in the country
The Oat Mafia is trying to boost U.S. oat acres but an oat industry analyst thinks that is going to be a tall task.
