Reading Time: 2 minutes The harvesting of fall cereals was well underway in Manitoba, according to the province’s latest crop report released on Aug. 13. Manitoba Agriculture said 39 per cent of the fall rye and 17 per cent of the winter wheat had been combined.
Combining underway in Manitoba
Pulse Weekly: Lentils starting to feel harvest pressure
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil combining in southeast and southwest Saskatchewan were 10 per cent complete as of Aug. 5, according to that province’s crop report. Harvesting of the pulse was six per cent done in the west-central region, while most of Saskatchewan’s lentil crop was still standing. Over in Alberta, the combining of pulses was expected to get underway this week.
USDA adjusts August supply and demand numbers
Reading Time: 2 minutes While the United States Department of Agriculture raised its yield projections for 2024/25 in its latest supply and demand report on Aug. 12, production varied from the July estimates due to changes in the amount of planted acres. The August edition of the USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates is its first report in […] Read more
ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute At this time there have yet to be any firm estimates as to what canola yields on the Canadian Prairies are most likely to be. However, once those start rolling in, the canola market will shift towards demand, according to broker Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.
Alberta crops holding their own for now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta reported its crops were still in good shape despite temperatures pushing above 30 degrees Celsius and a lack of rain as of July 16. The report put the overall rating for the province’s crops at 74 per cent good to excellent, seven points above the five-year average.
Prairie Wheat Weekly: Canadian prices drift
Reading Time: 2 minutes Cash wheat prices across the Canadian Prairies varied the week ended July 18, despite the United States wheat complex being lower. Canada Prairie Red Spring Wheat was mixed, while Canadian Western Red Spring Wheat, and Canadian Western Amber Durum down hard, particularly durum prices.
Feed Grains Weekly: Prices remain lower despite upswing in market
Reading Time: 2 minutes Although prices for barley and wheat have swung higher during the week ended July 18, prices for feed grains fell back.
CBOT Weekly: Market choppy as funds continue to build shorts
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite a weakened United States dollar on July 17, activity in the grains at the Chicago Board of Trade was choppy, according to broker Ryan Ettner of Allendale Inc. in McHenry, Ill. Added to that, Ettner pointed out the speculative funds resumed accumulating very large short positions in corn and soybeans.
Pulse Weekly: Harvest pressure approaches, expecting market to bounce back
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the peas harvest in Alberta about a month away, prices have been beginning to slip back according to Kyle Sinclair, chief executive officer for Producer Profit in Lacombe, Alta.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to fall back
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian oilseed began to pull back on July 8 as it became caught up in a selloff in the global oilseed market. The November contract finished at C$658.20 per tonne on July 5, gaining more than C$31 on the week. However, by the close on July 10, that contract dropped to C$617.90.
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