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A brown mustard flower in bloom. As of mid-October, brown mustard is priced at just over 30 cents/lb.
Crops

Leveling the crop protection playing field for mustard

The challenges of growing mustard in the shadow of canola

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While mustard growers face many of the same agronomic challenges as canola growers, they often find themselves with fewer crop protection options than canola growers do. So when Bayer recently announced its Buteo Start seed treatment for flea beetles would be available for mustard seed, mustard farmers welcomed the news. “That’s going to help us […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard production, prices up

Demand steady, unlikely to change

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MarketsFarm — If Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) latest monthly principal field crop estimates hold true, mustard is having a bounce-back year. High prices for the seed led to nearly double the acres planted for the 2022-23 marketing year at 556,000, compared to 289,000 the previous year. As a result, 177,000 tonnes were produced in […] Read more
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Crops

Rising prices could lead to more mustard acres

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MarketsFarm — A further tightening in Canada’s mustard supply is the main culprit in recent price spikes for the seed. Yellow mustard in Western Canada has a high-delivered bid of $1.61/lb., up 10 cents from last month and $1.18 higher than last year, according to Prairie Ag Hotwire data. Over the past month, the high-delivered […] Read more
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Crops, Markets

Mustard growers face decision time

AAFC projects more acres in 2021-22

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MarketsFarm — For Canadian mustard seed growers, next month will be crucial in learning whether seeding predictions from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada come to fruition. Current mustard seed prices, though, seem to support a rise in the number of acres this coming crop year. Canadian farmers in 2020 grew 99,000 tonnes of mustard seed, the […] Read more
Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Weather

Mustard looking to rebound, if weather co-operates

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CNS Canada — Canadian mustard acres may be up on the year, but key growing regions missed out on recent rain and will need more moisture as the season progresses, in order to prevent a repeat of 2017’s drought-stricken crop. “Mustard was offering some profit potential compared to some of the other options out there, […] Read more
Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

Mustard seeding to drop with higher stocks, competition

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CNS Canada — Stockpiles of mustard are likely to put a squeeze on the number of acres seeded in Canada this year, especially as the commodity competes price-wise with canola. Olds Products, North America’s second-biggest mustard manufacturer, has started contracting acres in Alberta, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Montana. Seed division manager Walter Dyck expects less […] Read more
Brown mustard. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops, Markets

Mustard prices still high heading into harvest

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CNS Canada –– The mustard market has been moving steadily higher in recent months, reacting to projections for reduced yield from Statistics Canada, which could spur selling straight out of harvest, one buyer says. Mustard prices gained throughout July and August, said Walter Dyck, a buyer for Olds Products. That’s largely due to estimates from […] Read more

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