Durum Price?

[helmsdale]

Good god! Dropped $0.37/bu at one local this morning to a whopping $6.07 for a #1 13.0. Other competitors sitting in the 6.10 to 6.25 area. You could drop it into the feed market for a premium right now...

What sort of crop did the Northern states pull off? Is carryout high? What's dragging this thing down?

[bucket]

**** it's well below 6 bucks here ....5.80 for a 1cwad 11-15px....

Feed it is....

[LEP]

Helmsdale, what are you seeing for feed bids on that durum?

[helmsdale]

Haven't really shopped it around yet... Going by alberta ag's weekly crop market review, http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/sdd6248 http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/deptdocs.nsf/all/sdd6248 feed barley is trading at roughly $250/Mt dropped into lethbridge. Haven't ever dropped durum into the feed market, so not sure how that price would translate, but a local BTO said he was quoted $5.80 picked up. Any of my so called "local" elevators are all 100+ miles away, so it'd take at least $0.40-$0.50/bu to get it hauled.

[Crazyharrows]

A lot of durum came to market off combine at that 6.60-7.00 bushel have all they need for awhile.

[Agvocate]

Snow and rain will be making feed in the north. I would expect other than short term nearby need feed values to drop off as well. We aren't durum farmers but reading market reports and S&D's looks like there is lots of high quality out there, Canada planted too much, and sounds like every vessel into Italy is a big political meltdown b/c there is glyphosate residue on it. This years carryout would suggest a lot needs to go as feed.

[bigzee]

Like everything else in the 🚽

[bucket]

Just an enormous ass raping is what this is....

Sure could have signed earlier but I didn't know what I was going to have....still don't...with this weather.

[helmsdale]

Just an enormous ass raping is what this is....

Sure could have signed earlier but I didn't know what I was going to have....still don't...with this weather.

Some days the raping is so vigorous, its difficult to discern whether it's punched or reamed...

[ajl]

Brings back memories of 2009. For some reason durum got seeded on winter wheat stubble. Despite pre spray, enough winter wheat survived as volunteer in the durum. Ended up selling the mix for $4 per bushel as feed which beat the final CWB pool return for 1 CWAD slightly. Oh the good old days. Thanks to hyperinflation, $4 in 2009 is probably worth close to $8 today.