Latest Newsletter

File photo of a flax field in Russia. (Ukususha/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Price drop not enough to lift demand for Canadian flax

Russia, Kazakhstan competitive in export markets

By
MarketsFarm — While flax prices in Western Canada have fallen by at least half from what they were one year ago, they are still too high to be competitive on a global level, according to one flax processor. Mike Popowich, owner and vice-president of TA Foods Ltd. at Yorkton, Sask., said demand for the crop […] Read more
(Flax Council of Canada photo)
Crops

Flax Council of Canada seeks new chief

Wayne Thompson moving to WGRF

By
Canada’s national market development organization for flax and flax products is officially in the market for a chief executive. The Flax Council of Canada said Tuesday its search for a new president is underway, after Wayne Thompson announced in August he has left the position to become executive director of the Western Grains Research Foundation […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops

SaskCanola, SaskFlax merge offices, management

Groups will maintain separate governing boards, levies

By
Sasskatchewan’s canola and flax development commissions are consolidating their management, staff and office space under one roof. SaskCanola and SaskFlax said Wednesday their new “management collaboration” will translate to efficiencies for both commissions with “a full staff complement to support both boards.” Both organizations will now operate out of the current SaskCanola office at Innovation […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

AAFC raises canola stocks projection, despite smaller crop

Department also trims wheat ending stocks

By
MarketsFarm — Canadian canola ending stocks for 2022-23 were revised higher by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in its latest supply/demand estimates, released Friday. The larger carryout projection came despite a downward revision to production, as both exports and domestic usage were also down from the November report. The government agency now sees canola carryout of […] Read more
(Dave Bedard photo)
Crops, Markets

StatCan data show smaller Canadian canola, durum production

Report also logs more barley, oats than previous estimates

By
MarketsFarm — Canadian farmers grew less canola and durum than originally thought in 2022, but more barley and oats, according to updated production estimates from Statistics Canada released Friday. “There were both bullish and bearish surprises,” MarketsFarm Pro analyst Mike Jubinville said. While canola production of 18.174 million tonnes was still up considerably from the […] Read more
(Vonkara1/E+/Getty Images)
Crops, Markets

Opinions divided ahead of StatCan production report

Agency's previous estimates model-based

By
MarketsFarm — Ahead of the crop production report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) due out Friday, trade expectations are above and below what the federal agency estimated in September. In August, and in September, StatCan issued production reports based on a satellite model and without any input from farmers filling out surveys. That has caused some […] Read more
Photo: Reuters/Ben Nelms/File
Crops

Canadian grain deliveries during October mostly higher

Among grains, flax sees largest percentage decline

By
MarketsFarm — Deliveries of major grains in Canada during October witnessed several gains compared to a year ago, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada (StatCan) released Thursday. All grain deliveries for October 2022 exceeded 5.43 million tonnes for a 19.3 per cent increase from the previous October. During last month, total wheat deliveries […] Read more
A combine in the Interlake runs against the setting sun on Nov. 1, 2022, in an effort to wrap up harvest. Photo: Greg Berg
Crops, Markets

Manitoba nets average crops in 2022 after wet spring

By
MarketsFarm – Wet spring conditions delayed seeding operations across much of Manitoba to start the 2022 growing season, but warm summer conditions allowed for good development with yields for most crops showing a marked improvement over the drought-stricken 2021 harvest, according to the final crop report of the season from Manitoba Agriculture. On a crop-by-crop […] Read more
Oat crops topped out at 81 per cent good to excellent in Alberta. Photo: iStock
Crops

Alberta crops improve tremendously over last year 

By
Crops in Alberta remain in good shape as the latest crop report noted all crops across the province are 72 per cent good to excellent. That’s a huge improvement compared to this time last year when drought pushed crops down to 20 per cent good to excellent. Rain, especially in June proved to be very […] Read more
Wet conditions have made fungicide spraying difficult for ground application. Photo: Thinkstock
Crops

Fungal diseases posing an issue with Manitoba crops

By
As crop conditions vary across Manitoba, the latest crop report noted that frequent rains and warm temperatures have increased the risk of a number of fungal diseases. Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development (MARD) said farmers continued to apply fungicides on their wheat, oats, barley, canola, and pea crops. However, wet conditions in a number of […] Read more

Cyber-Savvy Farmer

Glacier Farmmedia Podcast