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Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

By GFM Network News April 22, 2016

CNS Canada –– Increased durum acres in Canada may limit the upside potential as far as prices are concerned, but smaller spring wheat plantings will also limit the downside, according to a durum trader. Statistics Canada on Thursday pegged intended durum acres at 6.12 million acres, which would be up from 5.82 million in 2015. […] Read more

Crops, Weather

Record-low summerfallow expected

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Changing farm practices and moving world markets over the years have seen shifts in the makeup of the crops grown in Canada — but the most noticeable change in the past three decades may be the amount of land seeded to nothing. Heading into the 2016 growing season, Canadian farmers say they […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canadian farmers will be seeding record acres of peas and lentils this spring, as expected, but the increases to pulse crops are coming at the expense of canola — which saw acres come in below expectations in a report out from Statistics Canada. In its first acreage survey of the year, released […] Read more

Crops

Flax expected to lose a third of acres

By GFM Network News April 21, 2016

CNS Canada — Canada’s flax acres are expected to fall about a third from last year’s levels, according to Statistics Canada data. One market participant says weaker prices have influenced farmers, while another says smaller crops are often overlooked during surveys. StatsCan estimates flax’s seeded area at about 1.1 million acres, compared with 1.6 million acres […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

By Rod Nickel, GFM Network News April 21, 2016

Reuters — Canadian farmers intend to seed less canola than expected, and will sow record-large areas with pulse crops, according to the government’s first farmer survey of crop sowings for 2016, released on Thursday. Wheat seedings are also expected to decline, but not as much as traders and analysts expected on average. Statistics Canada estimated that […] Read more

Canola, Crops, Markets

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching acreage numbers

By GFM Network News April 20, 2016

CNS Canada — ICE Futures Canada canola contracts rose during the week ended Wednesday, as strong advances in U.S. soy overpowered resistance cast on the market by the stronger Canadian dollar. The canola market “was able to get some support from the soy action but the Canadian dollar has taken most of it away… it’s […] Read more

Crops, Markets

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

By GFM Network News April 19, 2016

CNS Canada –– Early seeding operations are already underway in parts of Western Canada, and the general sentiment is that farmers are planting more peas and lentils at the expense of most everything else. Statistics Canada releases its first survey-based acreage estimates of the year on Thursday. “I think we’ll see a surge in pulse […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

By GFM Network News February 4, 2016

Chicago | Reuters –– Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell 1.5 per cent on Thursday on disappointing U.S. export sales data, traders said. Corn and soybeans also fell, retreating from six-week highs set this week, on improving crop prospects in South America. At the CBOT, March wheat settled down 7-1/4 cents at […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan stocks numbers confirm rapid export pace

By GFM Network News February 4, 2016

CNS Canada — Canada’s grain and oilseed exports appear to be in fine form, based on the latest stocks figures on Thursday morning from Statistics Canada. Stocks of wheat, canola and oats are all down compared to last year’s. In wheat’s case, there were roughly five million fewer tonnes in farmers’ bins at the end […] Read more

Crops, Markets

StatsCan stocks report to add piece to supply/demand puzzle

By GFM Network News February 2, 2016

CNS Canada — The supply/demand balance sheets for Canada’s wheat, barley and canola crops will likely see some adjustments after Statistics Canada’s stocks report is released Thursday. The report on grain and oilseed stocks as of Dec. 31, 2015 will provide a better indication of feed usage to date, while also helping confirm the official […] Read more

Feed grains weekly: USDA ups global coarse grain estimate

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Rains help late crops in Saskatchewan, but delay harvest

GFM Network News

Feed grains weekly: USDA ups global coarse grain estimate

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Rains help late crops in Saskatchewan, but delay harvest

Tag Archives Statistics Canada

Rising durum acres offset by declining spring wheat

Record-low summerfallow expected

Farmers big on pulses, but canola down on the year

Flax expected to lose a third of acres

Canada’s farmers seen seeding less canola than expected

ICE weekly outlook: Canola watching acreage numbers

Canada’s pulse acres set to rise, wheat likely lower

U.S. grains: Wheat falls on poor export data

StatsCan stocks numbers confirm rapid export pace

StatsCan stocks report to add piece to supply/demand puzzle

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