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Mustard production in Western Canada in 2022 was decent with yields at about 80 per cent of the five-year average.
Crops

Finding the ‘new normal’ for mustard acreage

It’s tricky to grow, and you need acres that have been out of canola for three to five years

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Reading Time: 4 minutes It was an example of how a combination of weather, geopolitical events and Prairie farmers’ rotation plans could make the headlines last spring — French supermarket shelves were devoid of mustard. French Dijon mustard must contain a certain percentage of French brown mustard seed to be considered a product of France. But France’s domestic production […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard production, prices up

Demand steady, unlikely to change

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — If Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest monthly principal field crop estimates hold true, mustard is having a bounce-back year. High prices for the seed led to nearly double the acres planted for the 2022-23 marketing year at 556,000, compared to 289,000 the previous year. As a result, 177,000 tonnes were produced in […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard prices down amid rising prospects

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – The most popular variety of mustard seed in Canada is seeing a recent downturn in price. While the prices of mustard in Western Canada are still much higher than last year, they have been steady to lower over the past month. According to Prairie Ag Hotwire, the high-delivered bid for yellow mustard is […] Read more
Manitoba researchers say that the mustard should be flailed rather than mowed and that it should be incorporated within a few minutes because isothiocyanates can volatilize within 20 minutes of chopping.
Crops, Oilseeds

Mustard biofumigation: coming to a field near you?

Its anti-pest properties are confirmed in potato, but researchers are looking at whether it has prospects for other crops

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Reading Time: 5 minutes There may be more than one reason to plant mustard in 2022.  Some producers will hope to springboard off 2021’s shortages and grow food-grade mustard for domestic and international markets. But others might choose mustard for a less conventional reason: as a biofumigant cover crop to help quash soil-borne pests and diseases. Mustard contains glucosinolates […] Read more
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Crops

Rising prices could lead to more mustard acres

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — A further tightening in Canada’s mustard supply is the main culprit in recent price spikes for the seed. Yellow mustard in Western Canada has a high-delivered bid of $1.61/lb., up 10 cents from last month and $1.18 higher than last year, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Over the past month, the high-delivered […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard supply crunch fuels price spikes

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm – As the world’s largest producer of mustard, a sharp decline in Canadian production has already made a major impact on supply and prices. Despite an increase in seeded acres, Canada’s mustard production dropped 28 per cent to 71,000 tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Statistics Canada’s September crop report. Of the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets, Weather

Hot weather cuts into Canadian mustard crop

Price increases already noted

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Canada is looking at another small mustard crop in 2021, which should keep prices well supported for any unpriced crop, as recent heat stress cut into yields. “That was a very rough week,” said Walter Dyck, the Alberta-based general manager with Wisconsin mustard-processor Olds Products, on the late June/early July heat wave that […] Read more
Flea beetles in canola seedlings. (Canola Council of Canada video screengrab via YouTube)
Canola, Crops, Weather

Flea beetles a nuisance for canola crop

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Reading Time: 2 minutes [UPDATED: June 22, 2021] MarketsFarm — Western Canada’s canola crop has been hit hard by hot, dry weather so far this growing season in the midst of ongoing drought conditions — which may also be aiding another threat. *Across the Prairies, flea beetles are an oft-seen pest that feeds on both canola and mustard seedlings, […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard growers face decision time

AAFC projects more acres in 2021-22

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — For Canadian mustard seed growers, next month will be crucial in learning whether seeding predictions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada come to fruition. Current mustard seed prices, though, seem to support a rise in the number of acres this coming crop year. Canadian farmers in 2020 grew 99,000 tonnes of mustard seed, the […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Low acreage buoys mustard seed prices

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Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Spot prices for mustard seed on the Prairies have trended higher, due to consecutive years of low seeded acreage. In 2020, about 256,500 acres of mustard seed were planted, down about 36 per cent from the previous year. Walter Dyck, seed division manager for Olds Products, mentioned it’s the second time in 20 […] Read more

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