Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The closure of a sunflower processing plant in southern Alberta has Manitoba sunflower growers feeling uneasy this year. “Because of the plant closure there’s quite a bit of delay in delivery of the ’17 crop. So it’s discouraged quite a few guys from growing more (sunflowers),” said Ben Friesen, senior market manager […] Read more
Manitoba sunflower acreage set to drop
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grain prices start to soften
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After a winter with tight supplies leading to a feed grain price rally in Western Canada, prices are starting to back off. “It’s been breaking free a little bit. Kind of surprisingly this year it took till seeding time to see that happen. We’ve seen markets rally right up till May,” said […] Read more
Forage supplies starting to dip on dry Prairies
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Forage supplies are starting to dwindle across Western Canada following a long, cold, winter and rain is needed soon to make for a good forage crop this year. “People tended to kind of blend hay this year and they managed to get through. But the prolonged cold spring really I think put […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Corn, soy react fittingly to USDA reports
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Traders had a lot to sort through with two big U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports released Thursday, but at a glance the markets reacted accordingly, according to one trader. USDA on Thursday released its world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) and crop production reports. “The market reaction, I think, was […] Read more
Manitoba soybean acreage predictions mixed
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While some in the soybean sector think Statistics Canada is right about its predictions for a decline in Manitoba acres, others think plantings should still end up close to the record in 2017. Statistics Canada is predicting soybean acres in Manitoba to drop to 1.96 million from 2.29 million, according to its […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Sector hopes for more fababeans
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While Statistics Canada is predicting a drop in fababean acres this year, an agronomist with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers hopes that isn’t the case. “We had about 50,000 acres for the last three years here in Saskatchewan. And we’re thinking that we’ll be maybe slightly below that,” said SPG agronomy manager Sherrilyn Phelps. […] Read more
Churchill possibly to return to shipping grain
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Grain could once again be shipped out of northern Manitoba’s Port of Churchill if all goes according to plan for a new potential ownership group. “The port has got all of the grain handling equipment and simply said, the first thing we want to do is resume that commercial activity,” said Louis […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: For barley acres, seeding delays will tell tale
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After a slight delay to the start of seeding in southern Alberta, producers are out in the fields and it doesn’t yet look like they have seeded more shorter-season acres, such as in feed barley. “Southern Alberta is a little bit later than normal (for starting seeding). But most areas, they’re kind […] Read more
Prairie potato planting slightly behind schedule
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After a delayed start due to the long winter and spring flooding, western Canadian potato growers are out in the fields. “We’re probably only a couple of days behind… we had farmers out on the fields last week and I think quite a few more will be moving along this week,” said […] Read more
Grain trade skeptical of StatsCan’s acreage outlook
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — After predictions of record canola area and a drop in pulse acres, traders and analysts are doubtful of Statistics Canada’s predictions for smaller canola acres, much larger wheat acres and only minor reductions in pulse acres. “It’s unusual for everybody to just be this out of whack on this report,” said Ken […] Read more
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