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Beef Cattle, Canola, Cereals, Dairy Cattle, Fruit/Vegetables, General, Hogs, Markets, Poultry/Eggs

Market access, income supports come with Trans-Pacific pact

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Canada’s federal government has pledged a suite of compensation programs for supply-managed dairy, poultry and egg sectors, against what it promises will be a mousehole in Canada’s tariff wall. Federal officials on Monday confirmed negotiations have concluded on the multilateral Trans-Pacific Partnership, now billed as “the largest, most ambitious free trade initiative in history.” The […] Read more
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Canola, Crops, Markets

Weekly canola crush hits best level in over two months

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CNS Canada –– Canada’s domestic canola processors are getting busier, with the latest crush data showing the most active week in two-and-a-half months. Capacity utilization during the week ended Wednesday climbed to 82.8 per cent, which compares with only 66.9 per cent the previous week, according to the latest report from the Canadian Oilseed Processors […] Read more
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Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat, Weather, Winter Wheat

StatsCan comes in at low end of expectations for canola

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CNS Canada — Despite an upward revision of nearly a million tonnes in Statistics Canada’s latest report, most analysts expect canola production will keep climbing further. StatsCan on Friday morning released its updated grain/oilseed production estimates, with data collected through surveys taken between Sept. 3 and 13. Canola production numbers came in at 14.3 million […] Read more
Canola straight cutting on the rise
Canola, Crops, Features

Canola straight cutting on the rise


Some growers are ditching their swathers in favour of straight combining in canola fields

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Straight cutting is common practice for cereal crops, but canola presents unique challenges, particularly the risk of pod shatter, that have kept growers from adopting the practice. But that may be changing. According to a recent BASF Canada survey, the number of growers straight cutting canola rose by 50 per cent from 2013 to 2014’s […] Read more
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Barley, Canola, Crops, Markets, Oats, Peas, Spring Wheat

Next StatsCan survey expected to show larger canola, wheat crops

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CNS Canada — Yields are generally beating earlier expectations as the harvest progresses across Western Canada, which should lead to upward revisions to canola and wheat when Statistics Canada releases its latest production survey results Friday. However, those numbers still may be underreported, and further revisions are expected in subsequent reports. “As the harvest is […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola crush margins improve

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CNS Canada –– Canola crush margins have shown some improvement over the past week, despite rising futures prices, as strength in product values and a weakening Canadian dollar should be boosting the profitability of the domestic crush sector. Crush margins provide an indication of the profitability of the product values relative to the seed cost […] Read more
(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)
Canola, Crops, Markets

Canola exports seen moving slower than expected

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CNS Canada –– Sales of canola out of the world’s top canola-exporting country are moving slower than merchants had anticipated — and market watchers attribute Canada’s sluggish pace to high prices and low global demand. “The export story right now is quiet,” said Peter Schutz, canola merchant at Richardson International, attributing it to a lack […] Read more

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