Reading Time: < 1 minute The lentil market in Western Canada is quiet for the time being, with many unknowns ahead of the harvest keeping both buyers and sellers to the sidelines, says a trader who expects crop conditions will likely mean below-average yields.Lentil crops are late due to cool temperatures throughout the growing season, said Darren Lemieux of Simpson […] Read more
Lentil market quiet, awaiting harvest
CWB sees large 2008-09 sales, less in ’09-10
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — The Canadian Wheat Board has reported its largest wheat export program in nine years during 2008-09 and its second-highest grain revenues ever for Prairie farmers. Large grain production in 2008-09 and favourable market conditions allowed the CWB to increase sales, executives said in their annual crop year-end news conference Thursday in […] Read more
Man. oats in good shape, frost a concern
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Growing conditions in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan have been generally favourable for the oats crop this year, according to a processing official. However, they are behind in their development and could find themselves at risk if there is an early frost. Real Tetrault of Emerson Milling said the oats he’d seen […] Read more
Man. oats in good shape, frost a concern
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Growing conditions in Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan have been generally favourable for the oats crop this year, according to a processing official. However, they are behind in their development and could find themselves at risk if there is an early frost. Real Tetrault of Emerson Milling said the oats he’d seen […] Read more
Flax crops look good, prices pressured
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Flaxseed crops in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are in good shape for the time being, and prospects for a large crop should keep prices under pressure, according to market sources. “Right now, if the weather stays positive, the flax crops look fantastic,” said Richard Zacharias, general manager of Prairie Flax Products at […] Read more
Canola cash bids erode with futures
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Canola bids in Western Canada continue to move lower along with the futures. However, basis levels have shown some improvement as end-users are seen still needing to cover their commitments. Canola cash prices are currently in the $9 per bushel range across most of Western Canada, ranging from a low of […] Read more
Potential feed wheat supplies weigh on market
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Current growing conditions in Western Canada may lead to a larger than normal portion of the wheat crop grading as feed, which trade sources predict should keep the bias in the market to the downside. A Winnipeg-based feed grains broker said the jury was still out on this year’s wheat crop. […] Read more
End of EU dispute seen as gain for Canada’s canola
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — The formal end of Canada’s trade dispute with the European Union over genetically modified organisms (GMOs), announced Wednesday, is seen as a benefit for the country’s canola sector. “The Canadian government has worked really hard on this and we really appreciate all their efforts,” JoAnne Buth, president of the Canola Council […] Read more
Alta. crops slow developing, more eyed as forage
Reading Time: < 1 minute (Resource News International) — Slow crop development across much of Alberta could result in many grain and oilseed fields going to forage instead of being harvested, according to a provincial crop specialist. Most of Alberta benefited from at least an inch of rain over the past week, said Harry Brook, a crops specialist with Alberta […] Read more
Canaryseed rangebound, but more upside likely
Reading Time: 2 minutes (Resource News International) — Canaryseed values in Western Canada have traded within a rather narrow range since the fall, but could eventually find some support from ideas that supplies will be tighter in 2009-10. Farmers in Saskatchewan, where the bulk of Canada’s canaryseed is grown, seeded 300,000 acres this spring, which compares with 390,000 acres […] Read more
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