Reading Time: 2 minutes Canadian wheat stocks at the end of 2023 were considerably tighter compared to the previous year, with oats, corn and pulse crops also seeing supply reductions, according to the latest stocks report from Statistics Canada, released Feb. 8, 2024. However, canola, barley and soybean stocks as of Dec. 31, 2023, were higher compared to the previous year.
Less Canadian wheat, more canola on hand to end 2023: StatCan
Some had anticipated even larger on-farm canola stocks, given slower export pace
Report shows record-large canola stocks at end of March
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canada’s canola supplies of just over 10 million tonnes as of March 31 marked a new record for the date, according to Tuesday’s stocks of principal field crops report from Statistics Canada. The government agency pegged canola supplies in the country at the end of March at 10.019 million tonnes, up by 10.5 […] Read more
Canola stocks comfortable, eyes on new crop
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian canola stocks are rather large heading into the new growing season, but attention now is firmly on new-crop production. Statistics Canada on Friday pegged canola supplies in the country as of March 31 at 9.1 million tonnes, the second-largest on record for that time of year and about 1.1 million tonnes […] Read more
Large old-crop canola stocks raise new-crop questions
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canada grew a million more tonnes of canola in 2015-16 than originally reported, according to updated numbers from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday in connection with the Stocks of Principal Field Crops as of July 31 report. The unexpected revision to the old-crop production now has many industry participants questioning just how large […] Read more
StatsCan report confirms tightening canola, wheat supplies
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Canadian canola and wheat supplies are much tighter heading into the final months of the 2015-16 crop year than they were at the same point a year ago, according to Statistics Canada’s latest stocks report. StatsCan pegged the country’s canola stocks, as of March 31, at 7.49 million tonnes in its report […] Read more
StatsCan stocks report to add piece to supply/demand puzzle
Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s wheat, barley and canola crops will likely see some adjustments after Statistics Canada’s stocks report is released Thursday. The report on grain and oilseed stocks as of Dec. 31, 2015 will provide a better indication of feed usage to date, while also helping confirm the official […] Read more
Small canola acreage puts more emphasis on March 31 stocks
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– The canola industry will pay closer attention than usual to the upcoming Statistics Canada report on stocks as of March 31, as a smaller canola acreage figure is causing worries about tight supplies going forward. StatsCan is scheduled to release its report on Wednesday. “Because of that tighter acreage, the stocks number […] Read more
Canada’s share of malt barley market shrinking
Reading Time: 2 minutes Winnipeg | CNS Canada –– Canada has historically been one of the world’s top malt barley exporters, but its share of the global market is shrinking, Cargill Malt’s Lorelle Selinger told the Wild Oats Grainworld conference. A poor-quality crop produced in Canada in 2014-15 is one reason importers have started sourcing their malt supplies from […] Read more
Canada’s large canola stocks top expectations
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Releasing its Canadian year-end stocks estimates, Statistics Canada painted a picture Tuesday that’s mostly bearish for canola. StatsCan’s figure for canola stocks as of Dec. 31, at 11.103 million tonnes, was at the high end of expectations, surpassing what some market watchers anticipated. “I’m not sure if that means that StatsCan’s production number […] Read more
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