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Crops, Markets

StatsCan stocks report to add piece to supply/demand puzzle

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Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s wheat, barley and canola crops will likely see some adjustments after Statistics Canada’s stocks report is released Thursday. The report on grain and oilseed stocks as of Dec. 31, 2015 will provide a better indication of feed usage to date, while also helping confirm the official […] Read more
(FlaxCouncil.ca)
Crops

Potential for fewer flax acres seen this year

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — While area seeded to flax in Canada has been increasing over the past four years, that upward momentum may halt in 2016-17. Flax’s cost of production is higher than many of its rivals and the growing lustre of pulse crops could cut into some acres, according to one industry watcher. “It’s too […] Read more
(CN.ca)
Crops, Machinery

CN to challenge latest grain revenue penalty

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Reading Time: 3 minutes Ordered to hand over more than $7 million in Prairie grain handling revenue and related fines for the 2014-15 crop year, Canadian National Railway now plans to challenge the bill in court. Montreal-based CN on Monday filed in the Federal Court of Appeal, seeking leave to appeal the Canadian Transportation Agency’s (CTA) Dec. 29 finding […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canada Beef Inc.)
Livestock

Workers wanted: Agribusiness sector hiring

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — More people have applied for jobs in Canada’s agribusiness sector as of late, according to an industry researcher, but some agricultural sectors still face a critical labour shortage. “People have said that they have received more resumes this year than in previous years,” said Debra Hauer, project manager at the Canadian Agricultural […] Read more
(PortOfLosAngeles.org)
Crops, Markets

Baltic Dry Index trolls new depths, again

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — The ocean floor remains one of the few unexplored mysteries of the world — but commodity shippers are now exploring how much lower the floor can go for the cost of ocean freight. The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) was quoted at 325 points on Thursday, marking a new low since records began […] Read more
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Crops, Reuters

PotashCorp forecasts bleak year ahead

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Reuters — PotashCorp has forecast its bleakest year in a decade and slashed its dividend, due to tanking fertilizer prices. Shares of PotashCorp, which also reported lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, bounced off earlier losses, climbing 1.9 per cent in New York by afternoon. On Monday they tumbled to a nine-year low. Potash prices have […] Read more
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Crops, Machinery

CP cuts raise worry over potential slowdown

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Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Canadian Pacific Railway’s decision to cut 1,000 jobs has caught the attention of two Prairie farm leaders. Norm Hall, president of Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, worries the move is short-sighted and may catch up with the railway in months and years to come, when commodity prices catch fire again. “You dump […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Lower loonie helps farmers, but only so much

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Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — The slumping price of oil continues to weigh on the Canadian dollar, while at the same time providing a boost to Canadian grain prices. Out-of-country buyers tend to more attracted to Canadian grain and wheat when the loonie is low, as they can get more product for their money. However, one market […] Read more
(FarmersEdge.ca)
Crops, Machinery, Weather

Major investment to build Farmers Edge’s data power

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian precision agronomy and farm data management firm Farmers Edge plans to keep taking its services to previously underserved acres around the world, with a major cash infusion from a group of its backers. Japanese commodities trading and investment firm Mitsui, Toronto commercial real estate company Osmington and the Green Growth Fund operated by investment […] Read more
The 'after' photo: This field yielded 55 bu./ac. (see further down for 'before' photos)
Canola, Crops

The great canola yield rebound of 2015

Canola yield outlook went from sub 30 bu./ac. in June and July to an average in the high 30s by harvest. How did that happen?

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Reading Time: 5 minutes It was Shawn Senko, CCC agronomy specialist for northwest Saskatchewan, who said on our June 9 Canola Watch conference call, “Canola crops are knee-high, but that’s only because we’re down on our knees praying for rain.” Agronomists at the time talked of thin canola. Crops looked so pathetic, Canola Watch ran an article June 10 […] Read more

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