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StatsCan raises wheat, canola estimates with new model

By GFM Network News September 17, 2015

CNS Canada — Wheat and canola production are expected to be higher than in previous estimates, but still lower than in 2014, according to a new Statistics Canada model for field crop production estimates. The model-based report, released Thursday, pegs this year’s spring wheat production at 18.4 million tonnes, higher than previously forecast in the […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canola stocks increase dramatically in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News September 3, 2015

CNS Canada –– It appears there’s a lot more canola in Prairie fields and bins than anybody thought. According to Thursday morning’s Stocks of Principal Field Crops report from Statistics Canada, the country had 2.3 million tonnes of canola in its stocks as of July 31 — 500,000 to one million tonnes more than analysts […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Small new crops keep eyes on ending stocks ahead of StatsCan

By MarketsFarm Team, GFM Network News September 2, 2015

CNS Canada — Smaller Canadian canola and wheat crops in 2015-16 should keep some extra attention on the carryout from the previous crop year, when Statistics Canada releases its ending stocks report on Thursday. However, barring any surprises in the data, current weather and production prospects should remain the major drivers in futures markets. Canola […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Oats

Little upside in oats as futures hit five-year lows

By GFM Network News August 17, 2015

CNS Canada –– Oats futures in Chicago are trading at their lowest levels in five years, and cash bids in Western Canada are also doing little to encourage farmer selling. September oats at the Chicago Board of Trade settled Monday at US$2.2325, the lowest close for the front-month contract since June 2010. Cash bids are […] Read more

Our peas were looking good (touch wood) on June 25.

Crops, Wheat & Chaff

Don’t jinx it, but our crops look good so far this year

Wheat & Chaff: From the July 21, 2015 issue of Grainews

By Leeann Minogue August 5, 2015

I am afraid to write this sentence. Whatever you do, don’t read it out loud — that could send bad luck our way. But here it is: Our crops are looking good this year. This week, smoke from northern forest fires is even keeping the weather cool enough to help the canola flower nicely. If […] Read more

Canola, Cereals, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Sask. crops get soaked, but may take yield hit

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News July 29, 2015

(Reuters) – Two days of rainstorms in Saskatchewan, Canada’s biggest wheat- and canola-growing province, may have done more harm to crops than good, even though farms were parched, a Saskatchewan government official said on Wednesday. Much of the province received rain on Monday and Tuesday, with the capital, Regina, collecting about 90 millimetres (3.5 inches), […] Read more

Torch River’s million-dollar loading facility has been running since June 2014. There are four bins, holding 14,000 bushels each.

Crops, Features, News

Torch River facility up and running

Starting short-line railways and local grain handling facilities is hard work, with a good pay-off

By Lisa Guenther July 22, 2015

Setting up a short-line railway takes a good deal of patience and determination, but Saskatchewan farmers are finding it’s a worthwhile endeavour. “I think at the end of the day this is definitely going to be well worth it to our farmers,” said Wayne Bacon, farmer and president of Northern Lights Rail. Northern Lights Rail […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Weather

Yields to take precedence over acres in Canada

By GFM Network News June 30, 2015

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

Crops, Spring Wheat

ESN helps keep single shoot drill out in the field longer

Fertilizer technology allows farmers to make one pass, putting all the  nitrogen in the seed row at once, and also realizing higher protein values

By Lee Hart June 10, 2015

Dale Wyatt hasn’t become a wholesale convert to ESN fertilizer on his southern Alberta farm, but so far it has allowed him to continue a one-pass direct seeding operation with cereals with his existing single shoot drill, and the controlled release fertilizer has definitely bumped up the protein level in spring wheat. Wyatt, who along […] Read more

Crops, Oats, Weather

Prairie oats crop off to a decent start

By GFM Network News June 8, 2015

CNS Canada — Western Canadian farmers are wrapping up seeding their oats crops, which so far are off to a decent start in many areas. “I know in Manitoba, in the Red River Valley, the oats are off to an excellent start,” said Art Enns, president of the Prairie Oats Growers Association. “In Saskatchewan it’s […] Read more

U.S. grains: Soybeans, corn fall on harvest pressure

U.S. livestock: Hog futures slide in technical correction

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Acknowledging the past, seeking a better future

GFM Network News