Reading Time: < 1 minute Ahead of the February supply and demand estimates from the United States Department of Agriculture, the department’s attaché in Buenos Aires issued their grain and feed update on Argentina.
USDA attaché sees improvement in Argentina wheat, corn
Recent hot spell in Argentina may have eroded potential corn yields
Pulse weekly outlook: Lentils remain steady for now
Eston lentils the sole outlier, nudging up a penny per pound
Reading Time: < 1 minute Lentil prices held firm over the last week across Western Canada, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire.
Technical centre wants farmers to consider barley
AAFC projects higher barley production in 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes As farmers prepare for spring seeding, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre reminded them to keep barley in mind.
ICE Canada weekly outlook: Canola continues to be bearish
Keep close eye on upcoming stocks as of Dec. 31 Stat Can report, says analyst
Reading Time: 2 minutes Despite farmer selling there remained little doubt that the canola market was bearish during the week ended Jan. 31, according to analyst Jerry Klassen of Resilient Commodity Analysis in Winnipeg.
USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries
Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.
Australia achieves average wheat, barley harvests
Total exports down, but percentage going to China increased
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australian wheat and barley came away with average crops for 2023/24, as the threat of dryness caused by an El Niño posed a major challenge, according to the United Stated Department of Agriculture attaché in the country’s capital of Canberra.
CBOT weekly outlook: Pointing towards more soybean acres in 2024/25
Southern U.S. cotton crop could cap soybean acres
Reading Time: < 1 minute As farmers in the United States get ready to plant their crops in 2024, there has been speculation of how much corn and soybeans they will plant.
Canadian potato output rises in 2023
Alberta vaults to first place in provincial potato production
Reading Time: 2 minutes At 32.063 million hundredweight of potatoes this year, Alberta vaulted from third to first place as it improved on the previous year’s crop of 26.813 million. Manitoba moved into second spot from third with its harvest of 29.760 million cwt. following last year’s 26.139 million. Prince Edward Island saw its output reduced in 2023 to 25.813 million cwt. from 27.789 million. In 2023, the trio combined for 68 per cent of Canada’s total potato harvest of 128,801 million cwt.
Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC forecasts larger dry pea, lentil crops
Dry pea prices have seen gains over the week; lentils steady to higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasted increases in the production of dry peas and lentils for the 2024/25 crop year compared to those in 2023/24. AAFC issued its first supply and demand report for the calendar year on Jan. 22, which included the department’s preliminary estimates for the coming crop year. The data was not based on farmer surveys or satellite models.
ICE weekly outlook: Virtually no upside for canola
Forthcoming South American soybean harvest a bearish influence
Reading Time: 2 minutes With 2024 well underway, canola has very little reason to get excited, according to analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain in Winnipeg.
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