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(Mark Wilson photo courtesy Louis Dreyfus Co.)

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

By GFM Network News February 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Canada’s grains industry found itself shocked when the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association (COPA) announced Friday it would stop publishing its weekly report on member crushings. “I loved that report. In Western Canada, or Canada in general, I think any reports that give you kind of a weekly snapshot of what’s happening in […] Read more

Total stocks of principal Canadian field crops at Dec. 31, 2017, rounded to nearest thousand tonnes. (StatCan.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets

Canadian canola stocks jump

By GFM Network News February 5, 2018

CNS Canada — Stocks of Canadian canola have increased substantially, according to the latest estimate from Statistics Canada. Total stocks of oats, lentils and peas also rose, but not by as much as canola. StatsCan on Monday pegged canola stocks, as of Dec. 31, 2017 at 14.15 million tonnes, up from the 2016 total of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

By GFM Network News January 31, 2018

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts remain stuck within a sideways trading range awaiting a spark that would push values one way or the other. “We could have had this conversation two months ago… canola is refusing to budge from a range,” analyst Mike Jubinville of ProFarmer Canada said of the lack of […] Read more

An unauthorized outdoor cannabis “grow” operation found by RCMP northwest of Winnipeg in August 2013. (Photo courtesy Manitoba RCMP)

Crops, Reuters

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 25, 2018

Ottawa | Reuters — Canadians spent an estimated $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017, Statistics Canada said on Thursday, with the country on track to legalize recreational use of the drug nationwide later this year. About 4.9 million Canadians between the ages of 15 to 64 purchased both medical and non-medical cannabis last year, the […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

By GFM Network News December 7, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures slid to contract lows on Thursday, their fourth straight day of declines, on continued pressure from a Canadian report that showed harvest in that country was bigger than expected. The decline in wheat weighed on corn prices. Soybeans also fell, pressured by a round of […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

By GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canola contracts on the ICE Futures Canada complex stayed mostly rangebound during the week ended Wednesday, even as sharp fluctuations in the Canadian dollar and a bearish Statistics Canada report impacted the market. StatsCan on Wednesday released its final production estimates of the year, projecting canola production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

By Michael Hirtzer, GFM Network News December 6, 2017

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. grain and soy prices fell on Wednesday, pressured by technical selling amid a broad downturn across many commodities as the dollar climbed. Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures eased from an earlier roughly four-month high while wheat futures declined for the third straight session, nearing their contract lows set in […] Read more

(File photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News December 6, 2017

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers grew a record amount of canola in 2017, despite weather concerns, according to updated production estimates on Wednesday from Statistics Canada. The agency pegged production in 2017-18 at 21.3 million tonnes, up from the September estimate of 19.7 million and last year’s total of 19.6 million. The rise in production […] Read more

Canola south of Ethelton, Sask. on Aug. 3, 2017. (Dave Bedard photo)

Crops, Markets

Larger crops expected in StatsCan report

By GFM Network News December 1, 2017

CNS Canada — Canada’s canola and wheat production likely ended up larger than earlier expectations, but just how much more remains to be seen, as industry participants await the Statistics Canada production report due out Wednesday. “The finish seemed to be better than what the weather looked like earlier in the year,” said Neil Townsend […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Trade expecting bigger canola, wheat numbers from StatsCan

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News November 30, 2017

Reuters — Canadian farmers harvested the biggest canola crop on record, slightly larger than was expected in September, a Reuters survey of 15 traders and analysts showed ahead of a key government report. Wheat production is also seen higher than earlier expectations, as favourable weather produced big yields. Statistics Canada will release its final crop […] Read more

GFM Network News

U.S. livestock: CME cattle futures higher on year-end positioning

U.S. grains: Soybean futures fall, shrugging off China purchases

Growing pains: An Ontario city’s urban agriculture efforts show good policy requires real capacity

Tag Archives Statistics Canada

Producers lose transparency with end of weekly crush report

Canadian canola stocks jump

ICE weekly outlook: Sideways canola seeks spark

Canadians spent $5.7 billion on cannabis in 2017

U.S. grains: StatsCan data help drag wheat to contract lows

ICE weekly outlook: Canola holds rangebound with bearish StatsCan data

U.S. grains: Wheat, soy slump on technicals, commodities selloff

Canola stocks look less tight in StatsCan report

Larger crops expected in StatsCan report

Trade expecting bigger canola, wheat numbers from StatsCan

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