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StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 25, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers intend to seed more spring wheat and less canola in 2019, according to Statistics Canada survey results released Wednesday. Additional shifts are also likely in subsequent reports, as dry conditions in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan may alter some intentions. Statistics Canada forecast canola area for 2019 at 21.3 million acres, which […] Read more

ICE May 2019 canola with 20- and 50-day moving averages. (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 24, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm –– Statistics Canada’s acreage report has provided something of a much-needed bounce for canola bids. Canola hit a record low Tuesday, with the May contract at $437.80 per tonne and the July contract at $446.10 per tonne. The primary reason for the huge drop was the price of soybeans on the Chicago Board of […] Read more

Statistics Canada’s March preliminary estimates of principal field crop areas, including 2019 acreage forecast released April 24, 2019. (Statcan.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

By Rod Nickel April 24, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to plant seven per cent fewer acres of canola this spring compared with a year earlier, even less than expected by analysts and traders, as a dispute with China hampers demand, a government report showed on Wednesday. China and Canada are locked in a diplomatic and trade dispute […] Read more

Any area lost to canola will likely go into spring wheat, according to pre-report forecasts. Photo: iStock

Canola, Cereals, Crops

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 22, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | MarketsFarm – Canadian farmers will likely seed less canola and more spring wheat in 2019, but the extent of any acreage shifts remains to be seen as market participants await Statistics Canada’s first seeded area estimates of the year on April 24. Canola prices in Western Canada have dropped over the past few […] Read more

A police officer gestures at the photographer outside Canada’s embassy in Beijing on Dec. 12, 2018. (Photo: Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Canola, Crops, Markets

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

By GFM Staff April 19, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes With canola export issues still looming large, some Canadian ag industry groups want the federal government to boost its diplomatic presence on the matter. The Canola Council of Canada on Wednesday said a Canadian technical delegation “has not yet been accepted” to travel to China and address Beijing’s recent suspensions of canola imports from two […] Read more

Barley. (Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)

Barley, Crops, Markets

Feed weekly outlook: Barley acreage buoyed despite current prices

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm April 18, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — International demand for Canadian feed barley has been strong thanks to a 2018 growing season drought in Australia that limited exportable supplies. China purchased nearly 950,000 tonnes of Canadian barley in the first seven months of the 2018-19 year, significantly above the five-year average. However, feed markets in general are quite sluggish ahead […] Read more

ICE July 2019 canola (candlesticks) with CBOT July 2019 soybeans (green) and 20-day moving average (yellow). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 17, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — ICE Futures canola contracts moved lower during the week ended Wednesday, but remain stuck in a sideways trading range overall waiting for some fresh market-moving news. “April is usually the quietest month of the year for us,” said Ken Ball of PI Financial in Winnipeg. In addition to large world oilseed supplies overhanging […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 16, 2019

Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Depending on whom one has spoken with, there are differing views as to grain exports to China other than canola. The federal government has stated there have been no export issues outside of canola. “The current actions taken by China are limited to canola seed, and we have not received any indication of […] Read more

Farmers’ friends: bugs, birds and worms can eat weed seeds before they get a chance to germinate.

Crops

Weed control with small critters

Insects, birds and worms are a free – and resistance-free – method of controlling weeds before they get a chance to germinate

By Jennifer Barber April 16, 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutes The dominance of zero- or minimum-tillage practices on the Prairies means lots of weed seeds are left on the soil after harvest, but it turns out that there’s help available to stop them from germinating next spring, and you don’t have to buy it at your local chemical dealer. “Lowering the deposits into the weed […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola fund short position edges down, but still large

By Phil Franz-Warkentin April 12, 2019

Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The large speculative short position in ICE Futures canola contracts only saw a minor adjustment during the week ended Tuesday, with only a small reduction in the net reportable position, according to the latest commitment of traders (CoT) report from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Managed money and other reportable speculators […] Read more

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StatsCan confirms smaller canola acres, more wheat

ICE weekly outlook: Acreage report halts canola skid

Canadian farmers to reduce canola plantings by seven per cent

Less canola, more wheat expected from Statistics Canada

Ottawa pressed to consider more options on China’s canola ban

Feed weekly outlook: Barley acreage buoyed despite current prices

ICE weekly outlook: Canola sideways, waiting for news

Views differ on crop exports to China other than canola

Weed control with small critters

Canola fund short position edges down, but still large

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