MarketsFarm — Pulse crops in Manitoba fared well against the elements which included sporadic rainfall and normal to below-normal temperatures for much of the past month. Provincial pulse specialist Dennis […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: Average yields expected for Manitoba crops
Beans, soy may still benefit if rain comes
Saskatchewan Crop Report: Dryness continues as harvest begins
Since April 1, the entirety of the province received 200 mm or less of rain
MarketsFarm – With the exception of a handful of areas, most of Saskatchewan remained dry for the week ended July 31 as harvest operations began in the province’s southwest and […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: wheat, barley prices still on the rise
Demand for feed grains on the quiet side as feedlots order more United States corn says analyst
Marketsfarm – Variable crop conditions in Alberta and Saskatchewan are contributing to rising feed grain prices on the Prairies just weeks away from harvest. Erin Harakal, trade manager for Agfinity […] Read more
ICE weekly outlook: C$900 per tonne in reach for canola
Black Sea deal's end, Russian attack on Odesa, pushing all prices up
MarketsFarm – Sporadic rainfall across the Prairies has not been enough to stop canola’s upward momentum during the week ended July 19, while a pair of other factors are fueling […] Read more
CBOT weekly outlook: Markets react bearishly to WASDE report
Traders were expecting reduced U.S. corn yield
MarketsFarm — The Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) saw futures come down after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its monthly world agricultural supply and demand estimates (WASDE) on […] Read more
Manitoba sunflowers doing well with fewer acres
Few pest, weed problems appear so far
MarketsFarm — Despite fewer acres under hot and dry conditions, things are going well for Manitoba’s sunflower crop. Out of the 88,000 acres planted for sunflowers across Canada, 77,000 of […] Read more
Prairie cash wheat: Weather, rising futures lift bids
Dry weather persisted for much of Prairies
MarketsFarm — Dry weather for most of the Prairies, as well as rising wheat prices in the U.S., lifted western Canadian wheat bids, some to more than $400 per tonne, […] Read more
Feed weekly outlook: Falling corn prices not spurring new demand
Feed barley bids in Alberta, Manitoba up from month-ago
MarketsFarm — Falling prices for U.S. corn futures on the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) are having little effect on shipments going to Alberta feedlots, according to one grain buyer. […] Read more
Pulse weekly outlook: More U.S. peas, chickpeas expected in 2023
On the other hand, fewer lentils and beans
MarketsFarm — It was a mixed bag for forecasted seeded pulse acres in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). USDA released its acreage report on […] Read more
Analysts expect little change in new StatCan numbers
Weather was 'pretty conducive to plantings'
MarketsFarm — Dry conditions in much of the Prairies this spring may leave seeding areas relatively unchanged ahead of Statistic Canada’s (StatCan) principal field crop report, due to be released […] Read more
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