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ICE weekly outlook: Canola weak, but finding support

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts posted losses in most months during the week ended Wednesday, though the market uncovered some support to the downside and finds itself well off its nearby lows. The larger-than-expected old-crop stocks uncovered by Statistics Canada in its September 3 report remain a bearish influence overhanging the market. […] Read more

With weak feed demand, oats could be on the verge of becoming a contract crop, Strychar believes. “We’re not a hair’s breadth away from it.”

Is the renewed interest in oats, barley and flax just a blip?

Acreage may be up in barley, oats and flaxseed, but that doesn’t mean there’s a long-term resurgence of interest in those crops

Reading Time: 7 minutes The trend to lower acreages of barley, oats and flaxseed in recent years has largely reflected the increased profitability in alternative grains and oilseeds, and canola in particular. As Western Canada’s darling, canola production crested at nearly 18 million tonnes in 2013, and even more is being called for with the Canola Council of Canada’s […] Read more



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StatsCan production estimates ‘too low’ for canola, wheat

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — Statistics Canada released its first survey-based production estimates for the 2015-16 crop year Friday morning, with canola and wheat figures coming in at the lower end of expectations. But the grain trade is shrugging off the report, as it believes final production numbers for most crops will be larger than what Statistics […] Read more



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Trade expects mostly smaller crops in StatsCan report

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada –– Statistics Canada will release its first survey-based Canadian crop production estimates for 2015-16 on Friday, and figures for most major crops are expected to be down compared to last year. Yields are likely to be all over the map as weather conditions varied vastly from region to region during the growing season. […] Read more


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Short-term barley prices seen likely to downtrend

Reading Time: < 1 minute CNS Canada — Feed barley prices are moving slowly with hand-to-mouth buying as the crop moves into harvest, when already low prices will likely hit a downtrend. However, prices will likely recover into autumn, depending on how farmers choose to act, from where one market analyst sits. “If the farmers aren’t willing to sell at […] Read more

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Rye prices seen high, but stable

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada –– Rye crops have been reacting to Saskatchewan’s heat and dryness by developing faster than they would normally be — but healthy crops elsewhere appear to be helping to keep global prices stable, at least for the time being. U.S. crops may stop rye prices from moving too turbulently, at least until Canada’s […] Read more


Mystery stocks keeping canary seed from rallying

Reading Time: 2 minutes CNS Canada — When the world needs canary seed, it calls on Saskatchewan, but whether the province will be able to answer this year remains a mystery. Canary seed grown in Saskatchewan accounts for about 70 to 80 per cent of the international trade in the grain used mostly as bird feed, according to Kevin […] Read more

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Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

Reading Time: 3 minutes CNS Canada –– Canadian farmers seeded a bit more canola and a bit less wheat than originally expected, according to updated acreage estimates from Statistics Canada, released Tuesday. However, worsening drought conditions in the western Prairies over the past month and the need for reseeding due to frost damage earlier in June mean actual yields […] Read more