Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Ahead of the model-based Statistics Canada production report due out on Thursday, Scott Shiels of Grain Millers Canada in Yorkton, Sask. said it’s likely the agency’s numbers for oats will increase. StatCan issued its first model-based production report for 2023-24 on Aug. 29, which placed the country’s oats at about 2.429 million tonnes. […] Read more
StatCan expected to raise estimate for oats production
Ending stocks estimate 'probably fairly accurate'
Quinoa production improves in 2022-23
Yields swing closer to average level
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Compared to last year, Canada’s 2022-23 quinoa harvest has significantly improved, with yields exceeding expectations, according to Michael Dutcheshen of Saskatoon-based NorQuin. “Last year was a tough year for Canadian farmers for all crops, with quinoa no exception. This year is looking a lot more positive. We seem to have missed the hot […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Crop prices soften after USDA report release
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — An unexpectedly bearish supply/demand report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) last Friday is still putting pressure on crop prices nearly a week later, according to one trader. In the department’s WASDE report, the estimated average yield for corn was revised downward from the month before by only 1.6 bushels per acre […] Read more
Maritime YEN takes yields to a new level
It’s not just about how much you produce, but how much you could produce on your farm
Reading Time: 5 minutes Kyle Jewell wasn’t sure what he was getting into when he agreed to join the Maritime Yield Enhancement Network (YEN) project in 2019. Now he can hardly imagine doing without its depth of information and the co-operative spirit he’s seen in the past three growing seasons. The YEN concept began in the United Kingdom and […] Read more
Oil content of Canada’s canola well below average in 2021
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — The average oil content of Canada’s canola crop came in well below normal in 2021-22, according to the final quality report for the year from the Canadian Grain Commission (CGC). The average oil content came in at only 41.3 per cent for the year, which compares with 44.1 per cent the previous year […] Read more
Rye in strong position going into 2022
Reading Time: 3 minutes MarketsFarm — Last summer’s drought sharply reduced yields of many crops across the Prairies, leaving multiple supply challenges and rising prices in the aftermath. Western Canadian rye, however, was largely left unscathed, which may bode well for the crop heading into 2022. Rye production came in at 473,000 tonnes for 2021-22, according to Statistics Canada […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Lentil prices steady to lower despite supply cuts
Lentil crop smallest in almost a decade
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — Just like many other crops in Western Canada, lentil production was cut sharply due to this year’s drought. Canada’s lentil crop was reduced by 37.2 per cent to 1.802 million tonnes for the 2021-22 marketing year, according to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) principal crop estimates from Friday. The total represents Canada’s lowest […] Read more
Prairie quinoa yields likely to be down this year
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Shortly before the harvest of this year’s quinoa crop in Western Canada is about to start, expectations are for yields to be down from last year, according to Liam O’Halloran of the Northern Quinoa Production Corp. (NorQuin) in Saskatoon. “As well as everything else we had some areas that had a little bit […] Read more
Canada’s canola production likely to be cut further
Reading Time: < 1 minute MarketsFarm — Barely two weeks after Statistics Canada projected 2021-22 canola production to come in around 14.7 million tonnes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the Canadian oilseed crop to be about 14 million tonnes. Now, a few days after USDA’s supply and demand estimates, Statistics Canada is already set to update its Aug. 30 […] Read more
Oat crop across Western Canada ‘not stellar’
Reading Time: 2 minutes MarketsFarm — As with most other crops on the Prairies, conditions are “not stellar” for oats, according to Shawna Mathieson, executive director for the Prairie Oat Growers Association. POGA directors from across the region who participated in a recent board meeting had a rather grim outlook on the coming harvest, she said. “Not a single […] Read more
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