Archive for July, 2015

MANITOBA, CANADA — Drought has badly damaged canola and wheat crops on Canada’s prairies, but not as negatively as expected, despite its crop tour foreseeing the lowest wheat yields in eight years, said Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) on July 23.

CWB pegged the wheat harvest in Canada’s prairies at 23.1million tonnes, well below the production of 27.2 million tonnes the region achieved last year according to official data.

For canola the group, the former grain export monopoly for Western Canada, estimated output ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. — U.S. 2015 all wheat production was forecast at 2.148 billion bushels, up 6% from 2.026 billion bushels in 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its July 10 Crop Production report. The forecast was near the average trade expectation of 2.149 billion bushels.

The all wheat number included the first survey-based durum and other spring wheat forecasts for the season, as well as revised winter wheat estimates.

Production of spring wheat other than durum was forecast ...

UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — On July 1, 2016 Stefan Scheiber will succeed Calvin Grieder as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bühler, the company announced on July 9.

Grieder, who has successfully had this position for 15 years, will then focus on his role as chairman of the board, a position he has held since 2014.

Scheiber, 49, has been working for Bühler since 1988. In the course of his 25-year career with Bühler, he has headed various sales and production organizations in ...