Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada – Canadian canola stocks in the commercial pipeline increased for the fifth-straight week, according to the latest data from the Canadian Grain Commission, as solid post-harvest deliveries more than made up for the routine demand from exporters and the domestic crush sector. Farmers delivered 499,900 tonnes of canola during the week ended Oct. […] Read more
Visible canola supplies building: CGC report
Canola crush margins tightest in years
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Canola crush margins have fallen to some of their lowest levels in more than a decade, which should keep a lid on any upside in prices. As of Thursday, the canola board crush margin calculated by ICE Futures U.S. was only about $26 above the November contract, which compares with levels a […] Read more
World Crop Briefs: Australia reaches trade deal with Indonesia
Reading Time: 2 minutes Australia has agreed to a trade agreement that could see it export as much as 500,000 tonnes of feed grains into Indonesia tariff free in the first year. The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) includes provisions for a five per cent increase in allowable tariff-free feed grains into Indonesia each year. The agreement is […] Read more
The protein advantage
In wheat, it can still pay to shoot for a protein-building combination of management, timing and a little luck
Reading Time: 7 minutes Among the mental pictures we associate with wheat, one of the more tantalizing depicts the healthy goodness of a basket of loaves of bread and different types of buns. Although it’s not the traditional vision of acres of wheat ripening in the sun, it’s still what the exercise is all about, producing top-quality food for […] Read more
Some Canadian Exotic Grains customers compensated
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — A few producers who did not receive payment from Canadian Exotic Grains Ltd. have been compensated through the Canadian Grain Commission’s Safeguards for Grain Farmers Program, the commission said Tuesday. Canadian Exotic Grain’s grain dealer license was revoked April 26 after the company was unable to pay producers. On June 4, Saskatchewan […] Read more
Chinese demand boosting Canadian wheat, barley exports
Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — China is making major moves to import more Canadian wheat and barley this year. Data released by the Canadian Grain Commission show China more than tripled its wheat imports, taking in 979,100 tonnes as of May, up from 295,300 tonnes in the same period of 2016-17 and an increase of 231.6 per […] Read more
Visible Canadian canola supplies tighten
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Visible canola supplies in Canada dipped below one million tonnes for the first time since the 2017 harvest, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canola stocks in commercial hands as of Sunday were pegged at 991,400 tonnes by the Canadian Grain Commission in its latest report. That’s down by about […] Read more
Out-competed
Again, the Australians are showing us how we’d market our crops if we had our act together
Reading Time: 7 minutes Is the Canadian grains sector being out-marketed globally? This is a question that has nagged me since February 16, the date the Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre released new information brochures for Australian wheat, barley, oats, canola and pulses. “These publications are aimed at international purchasers of Australian grain,” the association (AEGIC) said in its […] Read more
Better than meets the eye?
Canada’s quality-control system still has a lot of support, but some are calling for grades to be determined by machines, not the human eye
Reading Time: 4 minutes Is that No. 2 CWRS just as good for milling and baking as a No. 1? Or does that No. 1 CWRS have some quality damage that can’t be seen with the naked eye, making it no better than a No. 2? The answer could be yes in both cases, sometimes, in cases that might […] Read more
Canola exports slow down in latest weekly report
Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Weekly Canadian canola exports were down during the week ended Sunday, hitting their lowest level since September 2017, according to the latest Canadian Grain Commission data. Canada exported only 129,000 tonnes of canola during the latest reporting period, which compares with the previous five-week average of 194,800 tonnes. Total canola exports during […] Read more
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