PDQ and grade/px spreads

[wmoebis]

Positive work being done on milling barley with wheat. Once we can use barley at least partially replace wheat in the baking industry, wheat may drop even more in price.

[jdepape]

Supply/demand prices everything - even protein.

In 2010-11, the premium for 1% of protein (14.0 over 13.0) in the U.S. got as high as $3.50/bu ($128/t). For most of the year it was around $2/bu ($70/tonne).

That same year the CWB reported the premium got as high as $100/t - and the average for the year was about $60/tonne.

For what its worth, that year the CWB protein premium (14 over 13) in the pool accounts was about $26/tonne ($34 below the average for the year).

The following year (11-12) the premium was about $0.50/bu in the states. And the first year of no Single Desk (12-13), it was about zero to $0.25/bu - about where we are now.

When you produce more of something than the market needs, we all know what that means to price.

[tweety]

jdepape, if this was 2011 what would we be seeing for spreads in the "new" marketing world? Do you think there would be protein premiums paid to farmers or would any premiums just be realized by grain companies?

Its not like they have to pay farmers for protein when they could just keep for themselves.

Not whining, just asking.

[jdepape]

The graincos in the US pay protein premiums - can't think of why we wouldn't here. We are all still transitioning to the new market - everyone has lots to learn.

Information is key. Access to good information is vital. We're working on it.

[farmaholic]

I remember being told before, and again today by a different buyer, that its a penny per tenth above either 13-13.5 (might depend on location). And today's conversation also pointed out two cents per tenth discount below those base levels.

[tweety]

Is there plans to include other grains in pdq in the future?

Also to include 3CWRS ?

[jdepape]

Other grains - yes. Working on other pulses (different buyers than those already providing prices), and feed grains (different, more varied buyers.) None of these buyers have electronically posted prices so the process to get the prices is different.

As for 3CWRS, it overlaps into the feed market so it gets caught up with that process which is being developed.