Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Flooding and excess moisture causing crop damage across southern Manitoba are also creating extreme obstacles for livestock producers now scrambling to find pasture land. The damage is “pretty well widespread across the whole province,” said Heinz Reimer, president of Manitoba Beef Producers. “In some places guys have totally lost all the pastures, […] Read more
Excess moisture costs Man. producers pasture, hayland
Barley acres down, but not expected to keep declining
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada’s farmers have seeded their smallest barley crop in 50 years, according to Statistics Canada, but an industry official says he doesn’t think it will remain so low in the long-term. StatsCan’s seeded acreage report on June 27 had pegged barley acreage at 6,089,000 acres, down from 7,082,500 acres in 2013. This […] Read more
Alta. crops in overall good condition, pest issues eyed
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — While a large portion of crops in southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan are struggling due to excessive rainfall and flooding, crops in Alberta appear to be faring quite well at this time, according to an Alberta crop specialist. Most of the province I think crop growth is coming along quite nicely, no major […] Read more
Shipping delays push oat prices downward
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — The backlogged rail system in Canada has slowly started to move for certain commodities, but oats continue to remain on the shipping backburner, pushing prices lower according to some industry participants. While oat prices at larger companies right now are quite poor, bidding at under $1 per bushel, there are some specialty-type […] Read more
Heavy rains threaten already-delayed Man., Sask. crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Heavy precipitation this past weekend has crop producers in Manitoba and Saskatchewan concerned about their already-late crops on wet soils, according to industry participants. “In a lot of cases we’ve got the seed in the ground, the fertilizer in and the crops sprayed and there’s going to be an awful lot of […] Read more
Flax prices, demand remain strong
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Flax prices in Canada look strong in a year with acreage and export demand both high, according to the Flax Council of Canada. “I think relative to the other commodities (flax prices are) quite favourable,” council president Will Hill said. “Just in talking with producers, they’re pretty happy with the price spread […] Read more
Quinoa acres expanding rapidly
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian quinoa acres have climbed drastically this season and are expected to continue climbing, according to an official with the country’s only quinoa processor. “As of today we have 5,070 acres with 38 different growers,” said Michael Dutcheshen, general manager at Northern Quinoa Corp. (NorQuin), a specialty grain and food processing company […] Read more
Oat prices edging down, well off highs
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian oat prices have dropped slightly after a brief incline last week, as the market took same direction from U.S. futures. “It has something to do with the index fund roll, so that was weakening the spread,” said Ryan McKnight, a grain merchant at Linear Grain at Carman, Man. “So I think […] Read more
Durum market regaining premium to spring wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada’s durum market is at a healthy stage after a tough winter and prices are starting to show some impact relative to spring wheat, according to industry participants. “We saw a lot of pressure on the durum market itself” this winter, said Bruce Burnett, weather and crop specialist at CWB. “Mostly because […] Read more
Churchill ready for potential record season
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Manitoba’s northern Port of Churchill is gearing up for a record grain shipping season, but will need to receive more grain cars in order to meet those goals, according to the port owner’s president. The shipping season at Churchill, Canada’s only northern deep-water port, typically runs from July to October, with this […] Read more
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