Crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes A variety of factors caused the Chicago soy complex to fall at the Chicago Board of Trade during the week ended Dec. 18, 2024.
CBOT Weekly: Chicago soy complex tumbles, grains weaken
Pulse Weekly: Looking at price shifts in 2024
Production up for most Canadian pulses
Reading Time: 2 minutes Pulses in Canada had quite the year in 2024 with prices closing out the calendar year in the middle of their trading ranges. Production was higher on the year for most pulses. Dry pea output in Canada rose to just short of three million tonnes, up from the 2.61 million harvested in 2023, according to the Statistics Canada principal field crop report issued Dec. 5.
South Dakota farmer focuses on soil biology
Retired farmer Rick Bieber spoke at the Western Canada Conference on Grazing and Soil Health
Reading Time: 2 minutes Rick Bieber, a farmer from South Dakota, spoke at Western Canada Conference on Soil Health about the many practices he has implemented to improve his soil on his operation.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola could enter narrow range
Soyoil, loonie, StatCan report among supportive factors
Reading Time: < 1 minute As the turnaround in canola continued, analyst said there are three factors underpinning the swing upward. David Derwin, commodities futures advisor for Ventum Financial in Winnipeg, pointed to the gains made by soyoil futures on the Chicago Board of Trade, the weakening of the Canadian dollar, and the reduction in the canola harvest made by Statistics Canada.
Saskatchewan Pulse Growers invest in weed research
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Saskatchewan Pulse Growers have announced plans to invest $3.67 million in five new weed science research projects.
CBOT Weekly: WASDE report brings surprise cut to corn
Reading Time: 2 minutes A larger-than-expected cut to corn carryout in the USDA's monthly WASDE report on Dec. 10 affected prices at the Chicago Board of Trade.
More than 50 per cent chance of La Niña in coming months, WMO says
Reading Time: < 1 minute There is more than a 50 per cent chance of La Niña developing in the next three months, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, but if it does it will be relatively weak and short-lived.
USDA adjusts world, Canadian canola/rapeseed data
Lowers world, Canadian production
Reading Time: 2 minutes The United States Department of Agriculture made a number of revisions to its data for canola/rapeseed in its monthly world oilseed report. On a particular note, the USDA cut its production estimate for Canada, the world's top producer of the oilseed.
India top destination for Canadian peas/lentils through October
Reading Time: < 1 minute India was the top customer for Canadian peas and lentils through the first three months of the 2024/25 marketing year, with total exports of both pulse crops running well ahead of the year ago pace.
Grain Growers of Canada elects new executive
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alberta Grains chair Tara Sawyer has been elected chair of the Grain Growers of Canada. Sawyer, a farmer from Acme, Alberta, is the first woman to hold the role, GGC said.
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