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Prairie quinoa yields likely to be down this year

By GFM Network News October 5, 2021

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

Columns, Crops

Les Henry: Droughts I have known

What comes next?

By Les Henry October 5, 2021

The 2021 crop year for the Prairie provinces will go down in history as hot and dry with a huge impact on crops, hayland and pasture. The lack of feed for livestock is most serious, as it will require forced sale of cattle with long-lasting effects on farms and ranches. Many would lead you to […] Read more

(Photo courtesy Canaryseed Development Commission of Saskatchewan)

Crops, Markets, Weather

Canary seed prices rise as production drops

By GFM Network News October 4, 2021

MarketsFarm — This year’s canary seed crop in Canada will be smaller than expected, according to Darren Yungmann, board chair of the Canary Seed Development Commission of Saskatchewan. “Overall, canary seed is one of the most susceptible to the drought when compared to other crops,” he said, noting it’s shallow-rooted and could not access any […] Read more

A canola crop in the RM of Fletts Springs, just northwest of the RM of Pleasantdale, in 2019.

Canola, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s drought forces canola importers to turn elsewhere

'Importers...are going to be left out in the cold'

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News October 4, 2021

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada’s smallest canola harvest in 13 years, resulting from severe drought, is forcing importers like Japan and Mexico to pay more or scour other countries for the yellow-flowering oilseed. With the scant available Canadian canola fetching high prices, customers of the world’s biggest canola exporter are leaning more heavily on smaller-producing […] Read more

A grain train pulls up alongside a cargo vessel at the Alliance Grain Terminal at Vancouver on Oct. 6, 2011. (File photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms)

Crops, Markets

Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News October 2, 2021

MarketsFarm — Canadian canola and wheat exports continue to run well behind the year-ago pace, with movement of all crops down 34 per cent through the first eight weeks of the 2021-22 crop year. Total exports of all of the major grains, oilseeds and pulses as of Sunday, at 4.714 million tonnes, are down by […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Soybeans

Tight U.S. soybean, corn stocks still beat expectations

By GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Soybean and corn ending stocks in the U.S. may have been down sharply from the previous year, but still came in above trade expectations in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s quarterly stocks report. That data in turn weighed on futures prices at the Chicago Board of Trade. Soybean stocks in the country as […] Read more

CBOT December 2021 wheat (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat futures surge as supplies drop to 14-year low

CBOT soybean futures hit lowest since Dec. 29

By GFM Network News September 30, 2021

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago wheat futures surged on Thursday, after the federal government reported that U.S. supplies of wheat have fallen to their lowest level since 2007 — and that the wheat harvest is the smallest seen in 19 years. At the same time, the country ended the Sept. 1 crop year with slightly […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Spring Wheat, Weather

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

By Phil Franz-Warkentin, GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — Spring wheat production in the United States was down sharply in 2021, according to the latest annual small grains report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Total spring wheat production was pegged at 9.01 million tonnes by the government agency, down 44 per cent from the 15.99 million tonnes grown the previous year. […] Read more

ICE November 2021 canola (candlesticks) with Bollinger bands (20,2). (Barchart)

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Analyst sees canola spike late next month

Movement expected to roll out of November soon

By GFM Network News September 30, 2021

MarketsFarm — As the canola harvest winds down on the Prairies, ICE Futures canola began to climb upward in approaching $900 per tonne, the upper limit of its range. That’s given Winnipeg-based analyst Wayne Palmer of Exceed Grain reason to believe canola will bust through $900 per tonne. “That’s all due to the drought and […] Read more

File photo of a pea crop south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 1, 2019. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets, Peas, Weather

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea protein in demand despite falling yields

By GFM Network News September 28, 2021

MarketsFarm — Very few crops took more of a hit during the drought-stricken summer of 2021 than dry peas. Meanwhile, firm international demand and tightening stocks will raise pea prices even higher. According to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest field crop estimates released Friday, pea production dropped 45 per cent at 2.527 million tonnes […] Read more

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

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

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GFM Network News

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

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Prairie quinoa yields likely to be down this year

Les Henry: Droughts I have known

Canary seed prices rise as production drops

Canada’s drought forces canola importers to turn elsewhere

Canola exports down 72 per cent through eight weeks

Tight U.S. soybean, corn stocks still beat expectations

U.S. grains: Wheat futures surge as supplies drop to 14-year low

U.S. spring wheat crop down sharply in 2021

ICE weekly outlook: Analyst sees canola spike late next month

Pulse weekly outlook: Pea protein in demand despite falling yields

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