Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian farm income may have set a new record in 2023. That's according to the official 2023 and 2024
estimates released February 16 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.
New farm income record set in 2023, estimates suggest
Despite challenges like drought and war, Canadian farms proved resilient
Technical centre wants farmers to consider barley
AAFC projects higher barley production in 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutes As farmers prepare for spring seeding, the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre reminded them to keep barley in mind.
USDA attaché reports from Canada, other countries
Drought, grasshoppers among concerns cited for Canadian Prairies
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Global Agricultural Information Network of the United States Department of Agriculture issued a series of reports during the week ended Jan. 26. Of those, some of them could have an affect on the North American markets.
Feed grain weekly outlook: Buyers looking towards springtime
Analysts suggest farmers will grow less barley
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feedlots continued to purchase corn imports from the United States, putting pressure on feed barley and wheat prices in Western Canada. However, the prospective of fewer planted acres this spring could give prices a boost.
Only minor acreage shifts expected for most Canadian crops in 2024
Major pulse crop acres expected to rise; canola, wheat expected to dip slightly
Reading Time: < 1 minute Early planting estimates from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada called for only minor adjustments to most major crops grown in the country in 2024, with reductions in wheat, canola and barley acres, and increases in oats and pulses.
Pulse weekly outlook: AAFC forecasts larger dry pea, lentil crops
Dry pea prices have seen gains over the week; lentils steady to higher
Reading Time: 2 minutes Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada forecasted increases in the production of dry peas and lentils for the 2024/25 crop year compared to those in 2023/24. AAFC issued its first supply and demand report for the calendar year on Jan. 22, which included the department’s preliminary estimates for the coming crop year. The data was not based on farmer surveys or satellite models.
Early signs point to increased crop production in 2024/25: AAFC
Rotation, moisture, expected prices, costs among main factors expected in seeding decisions
Reading Time: 2 minutes A return to trend yields should see an increase in production for most of the major crops grown in Canada in the upcoming 2024/25 (Aug/Jul) marketing year, according to the first outlook for the season from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada released Jan. 22.
More local barley destined for rations, but U.S. corn still moving
Prior to drought year 2021/22, Canadian corn imports had rarely topped two million tonnes
Reading Time: < 1 minute Recently revised supply/demand tables from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada raised the forecast for domestic barley usage in the current crop year to 6.155 million tonnes. That compares with an earlier forecast of 5.471 million tonnes. If realized, that would be up by roughly 200,000 tonnes from the previous year.
Tight Canadian lentil carryout expected
Tightest lentil stocks since July 2010 forecasted
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian lentil stocks are forecast to be extremely tight by the close of the 2023/24 marketing year, which should keep prices well supported despite expectations for a smaller export program.
AAFC raises canola, wheat ending stocks forecasts
Pea, barley carryout estimates raised, lentils cut in half
Reading Time: < 1 minute Glacier FarmMedia – Canadian canola and wheat carryout for the 2023/24 marketing year will likely end up above earlier projections, according to the latest Outlook for Principal Field Crops from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released Dec. 15.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
