Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The rally on which southern Alberta feed grain prices have been riding since the start of the year continued this week. “Right now (we’re seeing) some of the best prices on barley for farmers that have been seen in Alberta for a while,” said Joshua Boyko of CorNine Commodities in Lacombe. According […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Prairie grains continue strong rally
CBOT weekly outlook: Traders flee stocks for commodities
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Traders shifted attention to Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn and soybean markets in the wake of a drop in Wall Street stocks, causing a commodities rally Wednesday. Wall Street was dragged down Tuesday by U.S. bond yields, which hit the three per cent mark for the first time in four years. […] Read more
Farmland values rise, but interest rates curb market
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — Prices of Canadian farmland were seen rising in 2017, with most sales happening in the first half of 2017 before interest rate increases and the drought in Western Canada hit. That’s according to the annual Farmland Values Report released Monday by Farm Credit Canada (FCC), based on 90 per cent of farmland […] Read more
Trade predicts fewer pulse acres, another canola record
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — With the uncertainty regarding the pulse exports to India, it’s looking like 2018 could see more canola acres planted in Canada. Statistics Canada will release its Principal Field Crop Areas report on Friday (April 27). Last year saw Canada’s canola area at a record 23 million acres, but this year could again […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Monsoon outlook bearish for Canadian crop
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — India is forecasting an average monsoon rainfall this year, making the chance of India importing Canadian pulse crops slim. “Given the tariff scheme and the protectionist attitudes India has displayed this year, I think it will take a major weather influence to hurry up the correction to (imports),” said Marlene Boersch, managing […] Read more
Extended winter could lead to more Prairie oat acres
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — With winter still hanging on across Western Canada, one buyer thinks it could lead to an uptick in oat acres. “Later seeding generally increases oat acres. We’d rather see them seeded earlier but farmers have had a tendency when things get late (to) throw some more acres into oats,” said Scott Shiels […] Read more
Prairie drought conditions improve
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While drought conditions in Western Canada have improved following late-season snowfall, it isn’t a completely rosy picture just yet. “We have seen significant departures from normal in terms of precipitation (on the Prairies over) a long period. The winter hasn’t been above average (for precipitation) so there hasn’t been a whole lot […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Soy recovers from wild week
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After a wild week in which the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybean market plunged, following China announcing tariffs on imports of U.S. soybeans, it has recovered. China on Thursday announced plans for a 25 per cent tariff on U.S. soybean imports in retaliation of previously announced tariffs by the U.S. on […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Low prices change growers’ marketing tack
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — After years of western Canadian farmers rushing to lock in pulse crop contracts during the spring, this year that hasn’t been the case. “Normally I would say that I’d have my plant booked to December and I don’t have a single thing booked this year. But does that mean we’re not going […] Read more
Federal food labelling proposal has dairy farmers concerned
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While trade deals have had Canadian dairy farmers concerned about losing market share domestically, a recent proposal to change food package labeling could potentially be more damaging to the industry. Health Canada launched consultations in February for its proposed new front-of-packaging labeling. The proposal, part of Health Canada’s Healthy Eating Strategy, would […] Read more
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