Reading Time: 2 minutes Days before Statistics Canada presents its monthly principal field crop estimates, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released its estimates on Aug. 20, showing some changes to grains from the month before.
AAFC revise grain figures in August estimates
Government funds soybean climate-change resistance research
Reading Time: 2 minutes Performance Plants Inc. (PPI) is getting a multi-year federal funding boost through the AgriScience Program – Projects Component. Over four years, the agricultural biotechnology developer will receive $2,325,361 to develop a high-yielding, climate change-resistant soybean and enable field testing.
Pulse Weekly: Heat hasn’t affected Saskatchewan crops … yet
Reading Time: 2 minutes After heavy rainfall earlier this summer caused flooding in low-lying areas and washed out some pulse acres, Dale Risula said growers couldn’t wait for the heat to help crops develop. Now, the warmer and drier conditions are doing more harm than good.
AAFC makes changes in July estimates
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) made a handful of changes to its July balance sheet released on July 22, compared to the month before.
ICE Canada Weekly: Canola likely to fall back
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian oilseed began to pull back on July 8 as it became caught up in a selloff in the global oilseed market. The November contract finished at C$658.20 per tonne on July 5, gaining more than C$31 on the week. However, by the close on July 10, that contract dropped to C$617.90.
Prairie drought conditions improve in June: AAFC
Reading Time: < 1 minute Above-normal precipitation and cooler temperatures helped drought conditions improve across most of the Canadian Prairies in June, according to the latest drought monitor report from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada showing conditions as of June 30.
AAFC raises wheat exports call, tightens carryout
Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian wheat exports in both the current crop year and the upcoming 2024/25 marketing year will likely end up above earlier expectations, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released June 20, that left the balance sheet for canola relatively unchanged.
Improved Canadian pest control product regulations proposed
Reading Time: 2 minutes Proposed amendments to Canada’s pest control product regulations (PCPR) will provide greater transparency while enhancing environmental protection, according to an announcement from Health Canada on June 17.
AAFC raises canola carryout projections, wheat to tighten
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian canola exports in both 2023/24 and the upcoming new crop year are unlikely to live up to earlier expectations, causing ending stocks of the oilseed to rise, according to updated supply/demand estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), released May 21.
Oat prices rise to five-month highs
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oats futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) rose to their highest levels in five months in early May as strength in wheat provided support.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
