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Statistics data safe, official says, after agency head quits

By GFM Network News September 19, 2016

Ottawa | Reuters — Statistics Canada data is safely stored and outsiders have no chance of accessing it, a senior official said on Monday after the chief statistician quit in protest over concerns about the agency’s independence. Canada’s Liberal government, which took power last November, is trying to resolve a number of major technological problems […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola

By GFM Network News September 14, 2016

CNS Canada — Canola futures don’t appear ready to climb drastically higher anytime soon as uncertainty over Chinese buying weighs on the market, according to a Winnipeg trader and analyst. The recent grain stocks report compiled by Statistics Canada has become a source of pressure for canola, said Ken Ball of PI Financial. StatsCan’s report […] Read more

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Crops

Large old-crop canola stocks raise new-crop questions

By GFM Network News September 7, 2016

CNS Canada — Canada grew a million more tonnes of canola in 2015-16 than originally reported, according to updated numbers from Statistics Canada, released Wednesday in connection with the Stocks of Principal Field Crops as of July 31 report. The unexpected revision to the old-crop production now has many industry participants questioning just how large […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Quality Canadian durum may be in short supply

By GFM Network News September 7, 2016

CNS Canada — Quality issues with the Canadian durum crop currently being harvested should see the price spreads between top- and low-end grain widen considerably, especially as the carryout from the previous year is also poor quality. Canadian durum stocks, as of July 31, were pegged at 1.1 million tonnes by Statistics Canada in a […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market

By GFM Network News September 7, 2016

CNS Canada –– A stocks report from Statistics Canada has changed the dynamic of the canola market, one analyst says, though prices are not expected to plummet. Statistics Canada estimates canola stocks at 2.016 million tonnes as of July 31. The government agency also upwardly revised year-ago production numbers. “It causes a fairly significant shift […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada’s canola, wheat stocks shrink less than expected

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News September 7, 2016

Winnipeg/Ottawa | Reuters — Canadian canola and wheat stockpiles were sharply lower in midsummer from a year earlier, the smallest in three years, but bigger than expected, a Statistics Canada report showed on Wednesday. StatsCan pegged all-wheat stocks as of July 31 at 5.2 million tonnes, down 27 per cent from a year ago but […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan’s canola estimates taken with grain of salt

By GFM Network News August 23, 2016

CNS Canada — Statistics Canada’s latest crop production estimates are in and while they may raise a few eyebrows, the numbers aren’t likely to cause havoc in the markets, according to most trade analysts. StatsCan on Tuesday pegged canola production in 2016-17 at 17 million tonnes. That compares to pre-report ideas of 15.9 to 20 […] Read more

Crops

Canary seed carryout most likely underestimated

By GFM Network News August 19, 2016

CNS Canada — Canary seed could be looking at a carryout 10 times the size at which Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada had pegged it, according to one processor. Ending stocks for the recently finished 2015-16 crop year are currently estimated at only 5,000 tonnes, according to the latest AAFC Outlook for Principal Field Crops report. […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Industry bracing for potentially large StatsCan crop estimates

By GFM Network News August 19, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers are sitting on large crops ahead of this year’s harvest, although just how large remains to be seen as industry participants await Statistics Canada’s first survey results of the crop year, set for release on Tuesday. Pre-report trade estimates on canola production range anywhere from 16 million to 20 million […] Read more

Livestock

Canada books bigger beef cattle herd

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News August 18, 2016

New estimates from Statistics Canada show the country’s cattle producers hanging onto more breeding stock and holding more calves as of July 1 compared to the same date last year. StatsCan’s livestock estimates as of July 1, released Thursday, showed 13.2 million cattle on Canadian farms as of July 1, up 1.3 per cent from […] Read more

Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

GFM Network News

Smithfield Foods raises annual profit forecast as hog business recovers

A ‘Farm Babe’ fights for GMOs and Big Ag, pushing back on MAHA influencers

China slaps preliminary anti-dumping duties on Canadian canola

Tag Archives Statistics Canada

Statistics data safe, official says, after agency head quits

ICE weekly outlook: Export uncertainty dogs canola

Large old-crop canola stocks raise new-crop questions

Quality Canadian durum may be in short supply

ICE weekly outlook: Stocks add softer undertone to market

Canada’s canola, wheat stocks shrink less than expected

StatsCan’s canola estimates taken with grain of salt

Canary seed carryout most likely underestimated

Industry bracing for potentially large StatsCan crop estimates

Canada books bigger beef cattle herd

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