Reading Time: 2 minutes Warmer weather and varied precipitation across Manitoba allowed crops to further develop during the week ended Aug. 5, according to the province’s weekly crop report.
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Manitoba Crop Report: Crops develop under warm conditions
Feed Grain Weekly: Weather, low U.S. prices affecting Prairie markets
Reading Time: 2 minutes Glen Loyns, trader and general manager for JGL Commodities in Moose Jaw, Sask., said while the recent heat and dryness has reduced yield expectations, prospects of a decent harvest are still putting pressure on prices.
Alberta Crop Report: High temperatures damage crops
Reading Time: 2 minutes Major crops were rated at 55.3 per cent good to excellent, down from 72.9 per cent the previous week. The south region’s crops were rated 77.2 per cent good to excellent, while the northeast region was at 62.5 per cent and the Peace region was at 57.3 per cent. Conditions in the northwest region fell to 37.7 per cent and the central region dropped to 32.4 per cent, for declines of 40.1 and 29.8 points, respectively.
ICE Canada Weekly: Attention on canola to soon turn from yields to demand
Reading Time: < 1 minute At this time there have yet to be any firm estimates as to what canola yields on the Canadian Prairies are most likely to be. However, once those start rolling in, the canola market will shift towards demand, according to broker Tony Tryhuk of RBC Dominion Securities in Winnipeg.
Alberta crops holding their own for now
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alberta reported its crops were still in good shape despite temperatures pushing above 30 degrees Celsius and a lack of rain as of July 16. The report put the overall rating for the province’s crops at 74 per cent good to excellent, seven points above the five-year average.
ICE Weekly: Weather raising canola prices, trader says
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ken Ball of Ventum Financial Corp. in Winnipeg acknowledged that while dryness and warmer temperatures would be seen as beneficial in rain-drenched fields in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, heat stress on canola crops in Alberta would be aggravated. This has led traders to become a bit more bullish on the oilseed.
Pulse Weekly: Harvest pressure approaches, expecting market to bounce back
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the peas harvest in Alberta about a month away, prices have been beginning to slip back according to Kyle Sinclair, chief executive officer for Producer Profit in Lacombe, Alta.
MNP to launch agronomy practice
Company to consolidate six agronomy firms under MNP umbrella
Reading Time: < 1 minute MNP will consolidate six Prairie agronomy firms into its own practice, the accounting and professional services company announced today.
Alberta crop conditions steady at 74 per cent good-to-excellent
Reading Time: < 1 minute Warm temperatures helped keep crop conditions well above average in Alberta during the week ended July 9, although heat stress could become a concern without cooler temperatures and more precipitation in the weeks ahead, according to the latest provincial crop report.
Alberta crops doing quite well
Reading Time: 2 minutes Crops throughout Alberta stood at 75 per cent good to excellent as of July 2, according to the latest crop report from the provincial agriculture department. That was eight points above the five-year average despite cooler than normal temperatures and delayed crop development due to excessive rain for most of the province so far this year.
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