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Bigger cereal, pulse crops for Australia as canola contracts

Winter crop production in Australia has been projected to increase nine per cent at 51.3 million tonnes for 2024/25. That’s according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences which issued its latest supply and demand report on June 3.











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Realized Canadian farm income up, net income down in 2023

Total farm cash receipts rose 4.4 per cent compared with 2022 on higher crop marketings; cattle prices

Realized net income for Canadian farmers rose 18.3 per cent in 2023 to C$14.5 billion, as growth in receipts offset a rise in expenses, according to a report from Statistics Canada released May 29.

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Chicago soybeans/corn watching weather, wheat

Soybean and corn futures at the Chicago Board of Trade suffered a profit-taking correction on May 29, as speculative positioning and relatively favourable seeding progress across the United States weighed on values.