Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian purchases of corn from the United States are off to a slow start in the 2024-25 marketing year, with ample old crop barley supplies likely limiting demand.
Canadian purchases of U.S. corn off to slow start
Manitoba harvest passes halfway mark: report
Reading Time: < 1 minute Harvest operations in Manitoba passed the halfway mark during the week ended Sept. 17, with wide ranging yields in the latest provincial crop report.
Largest Canadian chickpea crop in over two decades
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian chickpea production hit its largest level in over two decades in 2024, although the increased supplies have cut into prices.
Fund traders add to bearish bets in canola
Reading Time: < 1 minute Managed money fund traders added to their large net short position in canola in early September, while profit-taking saw a reduction in the bearish bets for soybeans and corn in Chicago, according to the latest Commitments of Traders report.
StatCan revises canola production lower
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hot and dry weather saw crop conditions decline across much of Western Canada over the past month, with the latest model-based production estimates from Statistics Canada showing downward revisions in both canola and wheat production from the August report.
ICE canola weekly outlook: Contracts hovering above lows
Reading Time: 2 minutes The ICE Futures canola market held above major chart support during the week ended Sept. 11, as uncertainty over a Chinese anti-dumping investigation tempered any attempts at moving higher.
Canadian canola ending stocks largest since 2020
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola ending stocks for 2023/24 were up significantly from the carryout the previous year, while revisions to the year-ago data saw wheat stocks tighten, according to the latest data from Statistics Canada released Sept. 9.
Alberta harvest progressing rapidly
Reading Time: < 1 minute Warm temperatures and only minor rain delays allowed farmers in Alberta to make good harvest progress during the week ended Sept. 3, according to the latest provincial crop report. Total harvest progress for major crops came in at 31.5 per cent, which was up from 18.2 per cent the previous week and roughly double the […] Read more
Solid Canadian grain/oilseed exports to start 2024/25
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian grain and oilseed exports through the first month of the 2024/25 marketing year are running well ahead of what moved during the same time the previous year, with just over a million tonnes of canola already moved, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission. Total exports of all the major grain, […] Read more
Bird flu spreads to California dairy cows
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cows at three dairy farms in California tested positive for H5N1 bird flu at the end of August, marking an expansion of the virus into the largest dairy producing region of the United States, according to an announcement from the state’s agriculture department. More than 190 herds have been infected across the U.S. since March, […] Read more
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